DTVHINDIRohit Sharma: Hitman’s dominance seen in ICC Rankings, enters top 5 in ODIs and Tests
Rohit Sharma reached number five in the ICC Test rankings with a rating of 751. Rohit Sharma (Pic Source-X) Rohit Sharma ICC Ranking: Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma has returned to the top 5 in the Test rankings. Rohit has returned to the top 5 in the Test rankings for batsmen for the first time since September 2021. Rohit was the highest-ranked Indian batsman in the Test rankings released by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday. Apart from this, Rohit’s name is present in the top 2 in the ODI rankings. Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal played a key role in India’s series win over England earlier this year. Jaiswal scored 712 runs in the record-breaking series, which included two centuries and three half-centuries. Rohit also scored two centuries and scored 400 runs. Team India has not played any Test match since then, yet all these players have managed to keep themselves in the top-10. Indian captain Rohit Sharma has gained one place and is now at number five with a rating of 751. Yashasvi Jaiswal has also reached number six with a rating of 740. At the same time, Virat Kohli has also gained one place and is at number seven with a rating of 737. All these players managed to register a jump in their rankings without playing a Test and will now be seen in action in the Test series against Bangladesh from September 19. The dominance of Indian batsmen was also seen in the ODI rankings If we talk about ODI rankings, there are three Indian batsmen in the top 5. Rohit is at number two in this list with 765 rating points. Shubman Gill is at number three. His rating point is 763. At number three is the name of legendary batsman Virat Kohli. Virat has 746 rating points.
T20 World Cup 2007 Recap: Yuvraj’s 6 sixes, Gambhir’s dominance in the final, and India became champion under Dhoni’s captaincy
The first edition of the T20 World Cup was won by India under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni in 2007. The tournament was played in South Africa from 11 to 24 September 2007. T20 World Cup 2007 Winner Team India (Photo Source: Getty Images) ICC T20 World Cup 2007 Recap: The 9th edition of the T20 World Cup is going to start from June 2 under the joint hosting of West Indies and America. A total of 20 teams are going to participate in the upcoming tournament, which are divided into four groups, each group has 5 teams. Let us tell you that the title of the first edition of the T20 World Cup was won by India in 2007 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The tournament was played in South Africa from 11 to 24 September 2007. 12 teams participated in this edition, out of which 10 teams were countries playing Test format. And the finalists of the 2007 WCL Division One tournament were Kenya and Scotland. These 12 teams were divided into four groups, each group had three teams. Let us tell you the whole story of the 2007 T20 World Cup. ICC T20 World Cup 2007 Recap: Rules of T20 World Cup 2007- During the group stage and Super-8 matches, the team that wins the match will get 2 points, if the match is cancelled then both teams will get 1 point each and in case of defeat, they will get zero points. If the match is tied (i.e., both teams score exactly the same number of runs at the end of their innings) then the winner was decided by a bowl-out. T20 World Cup 2007 Recap: Group Stage T20 World Cup 2007 Group A consisted of South Africa, Bangladesh, and West Indies. Group B- Australia, England and Zimbabwe Group C- Sri Lanka, New Zealand, and Kenya Group D- India, Pakistan and Scotland At the end of the group stage round, the top-2 teams in each of the four groups reached the Super-8. However, let us tell you that the teams for the Super-8 round were decided before the tournament began. After the group stage, the same two teams from each group reached the Super-8, but there was some change in Group-A. South Africa and West Indies from Group-A were part of the Super-8. But Bangladesh won one out of two matches in the group stage and secured second place in the points table with two points. On the other hand, West Indies could not win any of the two matches. Due to which South Africa (4 points) and Bangladesh (2 points) reached the Super-8. Yuvraj Singh hit 6 sixes against Stuart Broad in the Super-8 round match In the match against England in the T20 World Cup 2007 Super-8 round, Yuvraj Singh hit 6 consecutive sixes in an over against Stuart Broad. There were only 20 balls left in the innings when Yuvraj came to bat. In the 19th over bowled by Stuart Broad, Yuvraj Singh hit 6 sixes and scored 36…
IND vs ENG 5th Test: Team India’s dominance on the first day, after the bowlers, Rohit-Yashasvi played explosive innings.
All 10 wickets of England were in the names of Indian spinners. India vs England, 5th Test (Image Credit- Twitter X) The last match of the five-match Test series between India and England (IND vs ENG) is being played from today at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala. Where the first day was in the name of Team India. The host team played brilliantly in both the batting and bowling departments. First the Indian spinners bowled out England for just 218 runs. After this, captain Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal made a century partnership and set an excellent platform for the upcoming batsmen. By the end of the day’s play, India had scored 135 runs losing 1 wicket and was 83 runs behind England’s score. Dominance of Indian spinners on the first day In the match, England won the toss and decided to bat first. However, the visiting team completely collapsed in front of the Indian spinners. The spin pair of Kuldeep Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin destroyed the middle order along with the top order of the English team. Where Kuldeep made 5 out of the top 6 batsmen his victims. Whereas Ashwin took 4 wickets of lower middle order. Apart from this, Ravindra Jadeja got one wicket. In this way, all the 10 wickets of England were in the name of Indian spinners. England team scattered after lunch Jack Crawley was the top scorer for England, who played an innings of 79 runs. After winning the toss and opting to bat first, Jack Crowley and Ben Duckett gave a good start to England by making a partnership of 64 runs for the first wicket. Till lunch, the team was looking in a good position after losing 2 wickets at the score of 100, but after lunch the scenario completely changed. The English team fell apart after a good start. The middle order batsmen failed to read the Indian spinners and as a result the team collapsed for just 218 runs. Apart from Crawley, Ben Duckett contributed 27 runs, Joe Root 26, Jonny Bairstow 29 and Ben Fox contributed 24 runs. Yashasvi-Rohit scored half-centuries In response to the English innings, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma once again gave a good start to India. Both the batsmen added 104 runs for the first wicket. During this, both the batsmen completed their respective half-centuries. But Yashasvi’s innings ended at 57 runs as Shoaib Bashir got him stumped in the 21st over. However, after this India did not lose any more wickets till the end of the day’s play. Rohit Sharma is present at the crease after scoring 52* runs and Shubman Gill has scored 26* runs.
