Rohit Sharma (Photo Credits: Twitter)
Indian National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team, 3rd Test: The third match of the three-match Test series between the Indian national cricket team and the New Zealand national cricket team will be played tomorrow i.e. from 1st November. This match between the two teams will be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai at 9.30 am. In the second match, New Zealand team defeated Team India by 113 runs. With this, New Zealand has also taken an unassailable lead in the series by 2-0. With this the New Zealand team has created a new history. New Zealand team has won a test series on Indian soil for the first time. Team India would like to save its honor by defeating New Zealand in the third test. Whereas, the New Zealand team will enter the field with the intention of a clean sweep. In this series, the command of Team India is on the shoulders of Rohit Sharma. Whereas, New Zealand is being led by Tom Latham.
Let us tell you that after the crushing defeat in the Pune Test, Team India's hopes of securing its place in the final of the ICC World Test Championship have suffered a huge blow. At present, despite losing the Pune Test, Team India remains on top in the points table of the World Test Championship, but now the race for the final has become more interesting than before. India vs New Zealand 3rd Test: R Ashwin is close to creating history in the third test, will leave Anil Kumble behind in this matter; Wankhede will become a witness!
Team India still has to play the third Test against New Zealand and then the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia. The third and last match of the series is at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Indian veteran batsman Rohit Sharma will be seen playing in the series. In such a situation, let's take a look at the statistics of 'Hitman' in Test cricket against New Zealand.
Rohit Sharma's performance against New Zealand was like this
Team India captain Rohit Sharma played his first match against New Zealand in the year 2014. Rohit Sharma has played 7 test matches against New Zealand so far. During this period, he scored 432 runs while remaining unbeaten thrice in 13 innings. Rohit Sharma's average has been 53. Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma has scored 4 half-centuries. Rohit Sharma's best score has been 82 runs. Bangladesh and New Zealand are the two Test playing countries against whom Rohit Sharma has not been able to score a century in Test cricket.
Rohit Sharma's performance on Indian soil in Test cricket
Rohit Sharma's figures on Indian soil have been amazing. Rohit Sharma played his first match in the year 2013. During this period, Rohit Sharma has scored 2,452 runs at an average of 56.83 while remaining unbeaten 6 times in 51 innings of 32 matches. Rohit Sharma has scored 10 centuries and 7 half-centuries. Rohit Sharma's best score has been 212 runs. Rohit Sharma has been out on zero only twice on Indian soil.
Rohit Sharma's statistics as captain have been like this
As captain, Rohit Sharma played his first match in Test cricket in the year 2022. Till now Rohit Sharma has played 18 matches. It has scored 1,140 runs in 33 innings at an average of 37.73. During this period, Rohit Sharma has scored 4 centuries and 3 half-centuries. Rohit Sharma's best score has been 131 runs. In the year 2024, Rohit Sharma has scored 505 runs in 15 innings of 8 Tests at an average of 35.50.
Rohit Sharma's test career has been something
Let us tell you that Team India's captain and opening batsman Rohit Sharma played his first test match against West Indies in the year 2013. Rohit Sharma has played 62 test matches so far. In his 107 innings, he managed to score 4,187 runs while remaining unbeaten 10 times. Rohit Sharma's average is 43.98. During this period, Rohit Sharma has scored 12 centuries and 17 half-centuries. Rohit Sharma's best score has been 212 runs. Rohit Sharma has scored the maximum of 1147 runs in his Test career against England.
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