Rising over ridicule: 'Ro-hit'ting it in style

It took some time for things to fall into place, but eventually, they did. India is going through the best of patches, with the batting order looking daunting and the fielding looking better than it ever was.

The young guns are delivering consistently. The opening woes of Indian cricket seem to have been sorted out, with Shikhar Dhawan making a grand comeback into the side with a chain of audacious, fearless knocks against some of the best oppositions in world cricket.

And he has found an able partner in Rohit Sharma, the man who can face swing, seam and spin with equal ease; and take the attack to the opposition when the bowlers are least expecting it. The ICC Champions Trophy was taken by storm by these two, as they made a mockery of some of the best bowling attacks in the world (in English conditions, mind you).

Dhawan and Rohit at the top have been sensational for India

Yesterday’s Man of the Match performance (141* off 123 deliveries) against Australia saw Sharma playing the ‘ideal’ innings, and as he himself admitted in the post-match presentation ceremony, India would like to see him do that consistently.

Centuries aren’t important. A century in a winning cause is what counts, when/if you look at the bigger picture.

His overall strike rate has dropped a tad since he started opening the batting for India, but with his average moving upwards and with the number of runs he has scored in the last five months, no one is complaining. And with age on his side (he is just 25), Rohit has all the time in the world to get his statistics up and running.

With an eye on the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, I believe this (the promotion of Rohit Sharma in the batting order) is a fantastic move by the skipper/coach/management and will continue to yield brilliant outputs in the near future.