Rohit Sharma's Record Outside SUbcontinent !!

RG Sharma who is considered as one of the best talents in present day cricket, has constantly failed to live upto his reputation. But his record at home is very good, where as his record outside subcontinent has fallen significantly down. He averages 65 in India with a mind-blowing strike of 99.38, but outside the subcontinent it has fallen to lower 70's.

Rohit Sharma attempted to play a big shot (Photo Source: espncricinfo)

           Considering the fact that WC 2015 is going to held in AUS and NZ, India expects sharma to fire at the top of the order. Let us have a look at the RG Sharma's career in India and outside subcontinent

	Matches	Innings	No	Runs	Hs	Avg	Balls faced	SR	100	50
in India	28	27	5	1443	264	65.59	1452	99.38	3	7

Outside Asia his record is not upto the mark. Especially his strike rate becomes very low. If you see his SR's in South Africa and New zealand, sharma didn't have a good run against SA, but he had a decent record against NZ, but with a very poor strike rate. This is a big big concern for India, but the best thing is he is improving as a cricketer in the recent times. As he is expected as opener for team India he need fire at the top of the order.

His record outside Asia is as shown below. Out of the 5 centuries he scored, 3 came in India and 2 against minnow Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe. He is yet to score a century against the big teams in their own backyard.

Opposition	Matches	Innings	No	Runs	HS	Avg	Ball faced	Strike Rate	100	50
in Australia	15	15	3	314	70*	26.16	422	74.4	0	2
in England	7	7	1	229	65	38.16	321	71.33	0	3
in South Africa	8	7	0	86	23	12.28	169	50.88	0	0
in New Zealand	7	6	1	188	79	37.6	276	68.11	0	1
in West Indies	14	13	4	489	86*	54.33	674	72.55	0	5

Interestingly he has a worst record in sri lanka too. He averages only 14.78 in Sri lanka where the conditions are similar to India. In Sri Lanka Rohit Sharma has managed to score only one half century out of 21 innings.

	Matches	Innings	No	Runs	Hs	Avg	Balls faced	SR	100	50
in Sri Lanka	21	21	2	281	69	14.78	381	73.75	0	1

** stats updated on 08-01-2015**