5 underrated knocks of Rohit Sharma in limited-overs cricket

#3 86* vs West Indies at Antigua 2011

Probably this has to be regarded as one of the most underrated and forgotten innings of Rohit Sharma in his ODI career. This was the 3rd ODI between West Indies and India, played at Antigua in the year of 2011. Put into bat first, West Indies were rooted to 7-96, until Andre Russell unleashed his power to propel West Indies to a competitive score of 225/8 in the 50 overs.

West Indies kept taking wickets at regular intervals and India were struggling at 92-6 in 22.2 overs. Rohit Sharma, who was batting at 5 found support in the form of Harbhajan Singh who aided Rohit in the run chase. Rohit kept the scoreboard ticking and struck boundaries at regular intervals.

The pair of Rohit Sharma and Harbhajan Singh added 88 runs for the 7th wicket with Rohit Sharma doing the bulk of the scoring. Despite losing Harbhajan Singh, India still needed 46 runs to win. Rohit showed his calm composure as he remained not out on 86 and India chased the target of 226 with 3 wickets and 22 balls to spare.