Dilip Vengsarkar, Mohammad Azharuddin, MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane have led India to an ODI sequence neat sweep and Rohit Sharma can turn into the eighth skipper from his crew to discontinue so.
Team India ODI skipper Rohit Sharma. (Source: Twitter)
Team India ODI captain Rohit Sharma is eyeing a sequence whitewash in opposition to West Indies as soon as they two facets face off in the third and closing ODI at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday (February 11). India defend 2-0 sequence lead after winning the second ODI on Wednesday (February 9).
Opener Rohit moreover is eyeing a specific landmark of his enjoy as he gets ready to bat in the third ODI. This might occasionally perhaps presumably well be India’s first sequence sweep since 2017 if skipper Rohit manages to discontinue this feet after 2017, when Virat Kohli led the crew to a 5-0 mediate over Sri Lanka.
India have managed a whole of 11 neat sweeps of their ODI historical previous with the legendary Kapil Dev first captain from the nation discontinue discontinue the milestone. Alongside with MS Dhoni, Kapil is the handiest captain to have led India in three ODI neat sweeps.
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Dilip Vengsarkar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane have led India to an ODI sequence neat sweep and Rohit can turn into the eighth skipper from his crew to discontinue so. Pakistan and South Africa lead the listing of most ODI neat sweeps having done so 20 cases every.
If opener Rohit hits a six this present day, he’ll surpass former India captain and present Chennai Huge Kings skipper Dhoni in the listing of most sixes by a batter in ODIs in India. At this time, each are stage on 116 sixes in India (in ODIs).
On the opposite hand, Dhoni took 113 innings to hit these while Rohit equalised the previous India captain in true 68 innings.
Ruturaj Gaikwad recovers, out of COVID-19 isolation
India batter Ruturaj Gaikwad, who had examined sure for COVID-19, has recovered and is out out of isolation. On the opposite hand, with skipper Rohit Sharma already making it determined that senior opener Shikhar Dhawan will commence the innings in the third ODI in opposition to West Indies right here on Friday, the Maharashtra player is not very really to be even handed for the inconsequential match.
Ruturaj warmed the bench in the residence T20 sequence in opposition to Fresh Zealand and moreover didn’t secure a likelihood to play in opposition to South Africa in the away ODI sequence. He used to be stumbled on to be COVID sure true four days sooner than the open of the West Indies sequence, practically ruling him out of the rubber.
Ruturaj hasn’t been incorporated in the T20 squad and, in all likelihood, will now flip out for his residence jabber in the upcoming Ranji Trophy.
On February 2, a COVID-19 outbreak had hit the Indian cricket crew as three avid gamers – Dhawan, reserve opener Gaikwad and middle-uncover batter Shreyas Iyer – examined sure for the virus at some stage in their an well-known isolation interval sooner than the open of West Indies sequence.
Four other folks, at the side of accumulate bowler Navdeep Saini, had moreover examined sure for COVID-19. Saini used to be on the standby listing.
(with PTI inputs)
