The Indian batter Shubman Gill believes that Rohit Sharma’s ODI batting has been a game-changer for the Men in Blues in recent times. Rohit Sharma changed to aggressive mode and displayed an impressive show during the ODI World Cup 2023.
He scored 597 runs with an impressive strike rate of 125.94 and continued to maintain the momentum during India’s T20 World Cup triumph.
During India’s tour of Sri Lanka, Rohit Sharma scored 157 runs in 3 matches with a strike rate of 141.44 where the side suffered a defeat.
Speaking at the press conference ahead of the ODI series in England tour of India 2025 at Nagpur, Gill said that Rohit manages to take the momentum right from the start and it makes the job of the non-striker and the other batters easier.
“The way Rohit bhai has been batting in the ODIs in the past one year and a half, it’s been really game-changing for us.”
“Taking the momentum right through from the start and taking the game away from ball one, and it makes the job of the non-striker and the batsmen coming in a bit easier and I think it has helped our team a lot,” said Gill.
India Cricket team haven’t been the best of times in the red-ball cricket to Australia. several senior players including Gill was questioned for their poor run, was questioned after the completion of the tour.
The Indian vice-captain said that one series doesn’t define the form of the whole team.
“One series does not define the form of the whole team. There are a lot of players who, in the past, have performed consistently in a lot of series and tournaments,” told Shubman Gill.
“Definitely, we did not play as per our expectations in the Australian series, but still we played some good cricket.”
“We were unfortunate not to have (Jasprit) Bumrah on the last day and we would have won the match and the series would have been a draw and this talk wouldn’t have happened.
“One match and one day doesn’t define us, we won there twice before and earlier won a World Cup and then reached the final of a World Cup, so we should keep all those things in mind.”
The Men in Blues is set to play a three match ODI series starting on February 06 at VCA Stadium.
