The bad days of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are about to end! Big difference can be seen in Champions Trophy

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|09-01-2025

Forget the Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli you saw on the Australia tour. Because, those are pictures of bad days. The Rohit-Virat that you will now see on the cricket pitch, it is possible that their style and temperament may have changed. And he should also be in great form. Now you will say what is the logic behind this? How can a batsman who has been struggling with poor form suddenly change his form? So sir, the ball and format may have changed.

Changed ball, changed format, will Rohit-Virat look changed?

Rohit-Virat were seen playing red ball cricket during the Australia tour. But, now in the series and tournaments they have to play, they have to face white ball. And, history is witness to how big players Rohit-Virat are in white ball cricket. Because it does not happen that Rohit makes the highest score of 264 runs in ODI cricket and Virat Kohli does not have the highest score of 50 ODI centuries.

Rohit-Virat's magic in ODI format

The Champions Trophy is to be organized in ODI format, which can prove that the bad days of Rohit-Virat may indeed be over. This is because in the ODI format of cricket, both of them have a batting average of 50 or close to it. So far in his ODI career, Rohit has scored 10866 runs in 265 matches with 31 centuries at an average of 49.16. Whereas Virat Kohli has scored 13906 runs in 295 matches with a tremendous average of 58.18. He has 50 centuries to his name.

Whenever Champions Trophy was played, Rohit-Virat dominated

Their figures are an example of what Rohit and Virat can become in ODI cricket. Now let us know about what both of them have done earlier in the Champions Trophy. Rohit Sharma's average in the Champions Trophy increases from his career average to 53.44. With this average, he has scored 481 runs with 1 century in 10 matches of the tournament. Virat's story is also no different from this. Virat Kohli's batting average increases to 88.16 in the Champions Trophy. With this average, he has scored 529 runs in the 13 matches of the tournament played so far.

Performance in ODI is strong in UAE also

The Champions Trophy is being organized in ODI style under the hosting of Pakistan. But the Indian team has to play all its matches in UAE. Now the question is, what is the record of Rohit-Virat there in ODI? So the answer is Dhansu. Rohit's batting average in ODI in UAE is 105.66. With this huge average, Rohit has scored 317 runs in 5 matches with 1 century. Virat Kohli will be seen playing ODI in UAE for the first time.

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