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IND vs AUS 2nd Test: Will Rohit Sharma Open or Bat at Number 6? Know Full Details Here

December 4, 2024

IND vs AUS: The second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia will be played at the Adelaide Oval from December 06. This will be a pink ball day-night test. India’s regular captain Rohit Sharma is working hard for this match. It is reported that the Indian captain practiced at the nets with the pink ball for about four hours last Tuesday. Meanwhile, a question is arising at what position will Rohit Sharma bat in the Adelaide Test? So let’s understand through statistics what is better for him.

Let us tell you that Rohit Sharma was not a part of Team India in the first Test of the series played in Perth. In Rohit’s absence, Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul took over the opening. Jaiswal and Rahul displayed brilliant batting in the opening. In such a situation, Rohit Sharma can leave the opening slot for both the batsmen.

IND vs AUS Rohit Sharma’s record at different positions in Tests

Rohit Sharma

Rohit has batted the most in Tests so far at the opening position. He batted in 66 innings at the opening position, scoring 2685 runs at an average of 44. During this, 9 centuries have come off his bat.

Playing at number three, Rohit Sharma scored only 107 runs in 5 innings of 4 matches at an average of 21.40. During this, only 1 half-century came off his bat. After this, Hitman batted at number four in only one inning, scoring 04 runs.

Moving forward, if we look at number five, he played 9 matches at this number, in which he batted in 16 innings and scored 437 runs at an average of 29.13, which included 3 half-centuries.

Excellent record at number 6

Rohit Sharma

After this, if we talk about the number 6 batting position, Rohit Sharma’s record looks quite great. At number six, he has scored 1037 runs in 25 innings of 16 matches at an average of 54.57. During this, he has scored 3 centuries and 6 half-centuries. Rohit has the highest batting average at number six.