Rohit Sharma Record List In ICC Knockout Matches

India captain Rohit Sharma‘s rough patch continues as he got trapped in front of the wickets to a pacey Pat Cummins delivery in the first innings of the ongoing ICC World Test Championship 2021-2023 final against Australia at the Kennington Oval.

India desperately needed for Sharma to play a captain’s knock in yet another knockout match of an ICC (International Cricket Council) event especially after Australia posted a humongous total of 469 in their first innings. However, despite looking good in the initial few overs, he had to make a long way back after scoring 15 (26) with the help of a couple of fours.

The 36-year-old’s innings today has arrived after yet another lackluster season with the bat in the recently concluded Indian Premier League 2023. Across 16 innings, Mumbai Indians skipper had scored 332 runs at a pedestrian average of 20.75.

Rohit Sharma Record List In ICC Knockout Matches

Since ICC World Twenty20 2007 in South Africa, Sharma has batted a total of 16 times in ICC knockout matches (including today’s innings). It is worth of a mention that India have made it through to the knockout phase of an ICC tournament eight times since they lifted the T20 World Cup title under the captaincy of MS Dhoni 16 years ago.

While his 30* unbeaten runs during the final of the aforementioned tournament against Pakistan was instrumental in India registering a triumph, he has not really played to his potential in majority of other knockout matches.

His couple of standout innings had arrived against Bangladesh during ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 quarter-final and ICC Champions Trophy 2017 semi-final.

Across the 16 innings listed below, he has scored 577 runs at an average of 44.38, with the help of a couple of centuries.

S.No.	Format	Runs	Balls	Opposition	Ground	Year
1	T20I	8*	5	Australia	Durban	2007
2	T20I	30*	16	Pakistan	Johannesburg	2007
3	ODI	33	50	Sri Lanka	Cardiff	2013
4	ODI	9	14	England	Birmingham	2013
5	T20I	24	13	South Africa	Dhaka	2014
6	T20I	29	26	Sri Lanka	Dhaka	2014
7	ODI	137	126	Bangladesh	Melbourne	2015
8	ODI	34	48	Australia	Sydney	2015
9	T20I	43	31	West Indies	Mumbai (Wankhede)	2016
10	ODI	123*	129	Bangladesh	Birmingham	2017
11	ODI	0	3	Pakistan	London (The Oval)	2017
12	ODI	1	4	New Zealand	Manchester	2019
13	Test	34	68	New Zealand	Southampton	2021
14	Test	30	81	New Zealand	Southampton	2021
15	T20I	27	28	England	Adelaide	2022
16	Test	15	26	Australia	London (The Oval)	2023

While Sharma’s 137 (126) had arrived during the World Cup, he had smashed 123* (129) during the Champions Trophy. The opposition on both these occasions, as mentioned above, was Bangladesh.