Rohit Sharma batting during the ODI series against Sri Lanka.
The Indian team has faced a 2-0 defeat in the three-match ODI series played on the Sri Lanka tour. While the first match of this series ended in a tie, the host team won the second match by 32 runs and the third match by 110 runs. In this series, while Team India captain Rohit Sharma was successful in showing his magic with the bat, other batsmen were not able to perform as expected. Rohit’s bat saw a total of 157 runs in 3 innings in this series, with this Rohit also managed to do a special feat.
For the 11th time in a year, Rohit’s batting average in ODIs was more than 50
The Indian team is not going to play any more ODI series in the year 2024 as per the official schedule and this year they have played only one 50 over format series. Rohit Sharma’s batting average in the ODI format in the year 2024 has been 52.33. With this, Rohit has managed to keep his batting average above 50 in a year for the 11th time in his ODI career. While Rohit scored runs at an average of 55.55 in ODIs in the year 2011, in the year 2018, he scored runs at an average of 73.57 in his ODI career so far. After Rohit, Virat Kohli is at the second place in this list, who has so far managed to keep his batting average above 50 in a year 9 times in his ODI career.
Batsmen who have scored the most runs at an average of 50+ in a year in ODIs
Rohit Sharma – 11 times
Virat Kohli – 9 times
MS Dhoni – 8 times
Ross Taylor – 8 times
AB de Villiers – 8 times
Sachin Tendulkar – 7 times
Michael Bevan – 7 times
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