Wankhed to egg

Indian captain and batsman Rohit Sharma called a time on his 11-year test career after a recent struggles in batting and leadership before the tour of England in June, which will kickstart India’s ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 campaign. Rohit’s career up-down nature, a struggling middle-order batsman with a world-beat, chart-topping opener and his flexibility and determination shown in these 11 years, his development is a source of inspiration for many cricketers and fans worldwide. Over the years, ‘Hitman’ has shown immense change, range, a solid defense and hitting power as a batsman.

All these things have combined the game to give some of their most prestigious knocks. Here are some knocks that define Rohit’s career:

1) .177 against West Indies (2013)

In an ideal world, the match at the Wankhede Stadium, which marked the last international match of Great Sachin Tendulkar, would be a right-to-pass moment from a Mumbai veteran, who will take an emerging star to carry Indian cricket and its huge hopes on its back. Coming at number six, Rohit won the ‘Player of the Match’ award in India’s victory, with a brilliant 177 in 301 balls with 23 fours and six.

India scored 453 runs in response to Y’s first innings and scored a total of 234 innings for 153, with an innings and 51 runs to win the game.

While Rohit will struggle with continuity and adaptability for foreign conditions in the coming years, this knock proved to be a sign of what Rohit is at the peak of his powers.

2) .212 against South Africa (2019)

In 2019, after years of incompatibility in Red-Ball cricket, who were surprised, Rohit was also given a chance to open the innings in the tests, a situation where he excelled in white-ball cricket and broke so many records.

After the twin centuries in Visakhapatnam, the knock of 176 and 127, which kicked Rohit’s Test Revival, Hitman excluded himself in the final test in Ranchi, with an explosive 255-ball 212 score with 28 fours and six sixes at a strike rate of more than 83. SA could not lose India by joint and one innings and 202 runs in two innings.

During this series, Rohit’s competition was himself, as there was no one really at his level, winning an average-bogling average of 132.25 by winning the ‘Player of the Series’ award for his 532 runs in three matches. The series proved to be Rohit’s best hour as a batting force in the position of the house.

3) .161 against England (2021)

After losing the first Test in Pune, thanks to Joe Root Masterclass, Virat Kohli was under pressure to preserve his fort. Chennai could feel pressure in India. What if the series did not win? Entered one of Virat’s most trusted soldiers. A difficult, spin and tricky Chennai pitch, where the batsmen struggled to read the delivery properly, Rohit prepared a masterclass of 161 in 231 balls, with 18 fours and two sixes to bat to bat to batting first. A century by Ravichandran Ashwin and fifty by Virat helped India score 482 runs, and a trio of Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel crushed England by 317 runs. Although Ashwin took the ‘Player of the Match’ home for his all -round efforts, the show’s star was Rohit, who helped India reach the first innings after being below 86/3.

4) .127 against England (2021)

The tour of England in 2021 marked Rohit’s best hour as a batsman abroad. Richer for a long time and criticized for throwing his wicket and not being able to score a foreign century, the artistic batsman chose the oval as his platform. Behind India with 99 runs, Rohit gave a concrete defense, which can be very well -studied study material for the aspiration of cricketers, which can block delivery with unmatched technical skills. He scored 127 runs in 256 balls, completed milestones with a large scale with 14 fours and a six, with six. India marched by 466, gained a lead of 367 runs and dropped England out of 210 to take a 2–1 lead in the series.

5) .120 against Australia (2023)

Spinning track, Rohit’s patience, topical explosion to attack cricket and a world -class protest, recipe for an ideal game of cricket. After taking out the Australians for 177 in the first innings, Rohit showed immense patience and patience, craft his 120 runs in 212 balls, with a top order with 15 fours and two sixes. India thanked themselves 400 for the fifties from Ravindra Jadeja and Exer, and Australia could not actually recover from this follower, lost the game by an innings and 132 runs. The WTC was for the final spot tombs, and while maintaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, India booked its ticket for the UK.

Rohit made his Test debut against the West Indies in November 2013 and represented India in the 67 Tests. He scored an average of 4,301 runs in 40.57 with 12 centuries and 18 fifties. His highest score of 212 came in 2019 during a memorable home series against South Africa. He ended as the 16th largest run-run in India for the longest time. He began his test trip in 2013 with a memorable 177 against the West Indies at Eden Garden, Kolkata.

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