Rohit Sharma Domestic Cricket Return: The domestic cricket season of Indian cricket is about to start now, in which the news of Rohit Sharma’s return has filled the cricket lovers with excitement. Actually, the Duleep Trophy is going to start from September 5, in which not only Rohit Sharma but Virat Kohli is also expected to return. This tournament, which will run from 5-22 September, will have four teams, which have been named A, B, C, D. But here we are going to reveal the fact that when was ‘Hitman’ Rohit Sharma last seen playing domestic cricket?
Will do this after about 8 years
If Rohit Sharma really comes to play in the Duleep Trophy, he will be seen playing red ball domestic cricket after about 8 years. He was last seen playing in the Duleep Trophy in 2016, where he played for India Blue in the final match. In the first innings of that match, the ‘Hitman’ scored 30 runs and an unbeaten 32 runs in the second innings, making a significant contribution to India Blue’s huge victory of 355 runs.
Rohit played under the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir
Another special fact related to Duleep Trophy 2016 is that at that time Gautam Gambhir was captaining the India Blue team. Talking about the present time, Rohit Sharma is the captain of Team India, while Gautam Gambhir has become the head coach of the team. Captain Gambhir scored 94 runs in the first innings of that match and 32 runs in the second innings.
Rohit Sharma’s first-class career
Rohit Sharma has scored 9,123 runs in his 120-match first-class career. He has scored 29 centuries and 37 half-century innings during this period. In the early days of his career, Rohit also used to bowl leg spin, so he has also taken 24 wickets in first-class cricket.
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