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“What a way to finish the year”: Rohit Sharma after India’s ODI series win
By Shruti - Dec 24, 2019 10:45 am
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India opener Rohit Sharma ended 2019 on a high note as he smashed 2,442 runs across formats. During his last innings of the year, Rohit also surpassed Sanath Jayasuriya’s 22-year-old record for most runs as an opener in a calendar year across formats. he has scored a record five centuries in the 50-over World Cup and 7 in overall, which is also the joint-second most in a calendar year.

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Rohit Sharma has been in great form

“What a way to finish the year. I’ll take most of that year what we did as a team and personally too. Thankful to all fans of the game for getting behind the team and supporting. Now time to get ready for the next set of duties,” Rohit Sharma tweeted on Monday.

India vice-captain Rohit Sharma was named Man of the Series as India chased down 316 to win the 3-match ODI series against the West Indies 2-1 in Cuttack as the opener contributed with a valiant 63-run knock.

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“Extremely grateful for the year I’ve had. A World Cup victory would have been nice but as a team, throughout the year, whether red ball or white-ball cricket, the team came together really well. Personally I’ve enjoyed batting, but there’s no way I’m stopping,” Rohit Sharma had said after winning the Man of the series award against West Indies.

He is considered as one of the best white-ball openers of this decade while he finally found success in his maiden Test as well. He was pushed as the opener and became successful as well Rohit scored 529 runs which had 2 hundred and a double hundred in his 1st Test series as an opener against South Africa at home.