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A Tale of Transformation:

How Rohit Sharma turned into an ODI Legend through this Thread

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Exasperation was often the word which accompanied Rohit Sharma's batting exploits in the early half of his career. Picked up from the Under-19s, the boy was considered as the worthy successor to the Mumbai batting greats. 

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He made an immediate impression, scoring an unbeaten fifty against an lethal attack comprising of Shaun Pollock, Makhaya Ntini, Vernon Philander and the Morkel brothers on a seaming Kingsmead track under lights in a must-win encounter in the inaugural T20 WC.

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Rohit Sharma’s ODI career – spanning over 14 years – can be split into two phases. Since his debut in 2007 up to December 30, 2012, the right-hander scored 1978 runs in 86 matches at an average of 30.43. 

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In 2013 against England Former captain MS Dhoni ask him to open the inning, later he grabs his opertunity with both hand by scoring 2 50s in Champion Trophy 2013 while openning the innings with Shikhar Dhawan. Then he has no look back in his career.

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Nearly 7 years down the line, Rohit has vindicated his former captain's decision to promote him up the order with brilliant knocks including 3 double hundreds, a century in WC QF, another one in CT SF, 5 centuries in a single world cup among other knocks

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In the last seven years since January 2013, Rohit has racked up numbers that puts him alongside some of the world's best. Only Virat Kohli have scored more runs than him in this period while his 27 hundreds are only behind that of Kohli's 30.

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Among the players who batted at least 25 innings in the interim, Rohit's average of 59.47 puts him in third spot behind Virat kohli (64.36) and AB De Villiers (59.58).

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His numbers after becoming a regular at the top of the order sit among the cream of openers. Among the openers who batted at least 25 innings in the interim,  Rohit's average is the highest.

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Another feature about his batting at the top of the order is his ability to churn out hundreds frequently. He scores one every 5 innings which puts him 2nd on the list behind the Shai Hope(6.83) among those with at least 5 hundreds while opening the innings.

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Not only does he get his hundreds often, but he goes on to make those 'Daddy hundreds'. Eight out of his 27 hundreds in this period were above 150, including the three double hundreds. 

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Overall in that interim, Rohit's Runs/Inning and 100s/Inning almost same as Virat Kohli only average is slightly below than him. His transformation story remind Sachin's story the way he became ODI giant while move from middle order to top order.

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Rohit's numbers suggest he was indeed a beneficiary after his injury happened on october, 2016. Rohit Sharma has added consistency to his armour after returning from the injury to the Indian side in the CT.

He had atleast 1 hundred in next 10 series.

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Since CT, 2017 he taking his game to another level, he score 100s on every 3.68 inning put him on the top. No other player have more 100s than sharma in that period.

His six hitting rate increasing and dot ball percentage also decrease.

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2019 is remarkable year for Rohit. He scored 7 Centuries in this year including 5 hundreds in World Cup 2019. He scored all 7 centuries against all 7 different opponents.

He rewarded by ICC ODI player of the award.

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From 3rd slowest indian to score 2k runs to become 3rd fastest batsman to score 9k runs in odi telling how prominent transformation from an talented middle order batsman to became a legend.

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There are few sights better in world cricket at present than Rohit Sharma in full flow. He is an ODI legend and creating his own legacy.

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