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India vs New Zealand: This is the Rohit Sharma I like, says Sanjay Manjrekar lauds attacking method

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Indian vs New Zealand: India captain Rohit Sharma introduced an finish to his ODI century drought in Indore. Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar lauded the captain for taking part in an aggressive innings.

Indore,UPDATED: Jan 24, 2023 23:25 IST

Rohit Sharma broke his ODI century drought after three years. (Courtesy: AP)

By India Today Web Desk: Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar has lauded Rohit Sharma’s method within the ODIs. Rohit’s India reached the highest of the ICC rankings after defeating New Zealand in a three-match sequence. The captain led the cost with aggressive batting on the prime, that noticed him hit a century within the last ODI match of the sequence in Indore.

India vs New Zealand, third ODI: Highlights

Rohit scored a sensational century and partnered with Shubman Gill to hit 212 runs of the primary wicket. Speaking after the match, Sanjay Manjrekar lauded the captain and mentioned that he actually like this model of Rohit that may assault from the phrase go.

“I like this Rohit Sharma, in this T20s as well. This is the way to play. 100s have to be incidental, they have to be the byproduct of the way which you play and when India sets a platform like that, despite a collapse, India had a lot of runs on the board. This is the Rohit Sharma I like,” Manjrekar advised the host broadcaster after the match.

The ranked 2 facet on this planet (now third) had been lacking a number of essential gamers from their line-up, however for Manjrekar that didn’t matter since India had been dominant in all three ODIs.

“New Zealand were missing three or four key players, but that does not take anything away from India, especially tonight where they lost the toss,” Manjrekar mentioned.

“India put the runs on the board, so much so that it almost makes the opposition chase the total down despite the dew advantage. This is something that you can keep looking at and enjoy,” the previous batter additional added.

India gained the ultimate recreation of the sequence by 90 runs, which took them to the highest of the ODI rankings. Manjrekar identified the margin of victory advert mentioned it exhibits India’s domination within the recreation.

“When a team is sent to bat first after losing the toss, the team that bats second generally gets very close but look at the margin today – a win by 90 runs. So well done by the batters and the bowlers,” Manjrekar concluded.

Edited By:

Kingshuk Kusari

Published On:

Jan 24, 2023