Rohit Sharma's transformation into a white-ball legend

#2 2013-2016

Rohit Sharma vs Australia in 2013

Rohit Sharma was getting constant opportunities, but he wasn't delivering a proper game. Many people criticized for having him in the Indian cricket team. That's the time when he was asked to open the innings, and the rest is history. The Indian opener started piling up runs and became the first cricketer to smash two double centuries in the ODI cricket history. Also, he recorded the highest ever ODI score of 264 against Sri Lanka. He scored 2589 runs at an average of 51.78 in 56 innings. It included six centuries and 15 half centuries. Out of the six centuries, he scored 150 runs four times.

Just like his ODI career, even in T20I cricket, he started up as an opening batsman. India hadn't played many T20I matches during this period, but Rohit showed his best whenever he got the opportunity. He scored 336 runs in 9 innings and also become the second Indian after Suresh Raina to score a century in the T20I.