Rohit Sharma Has Taken More ODI Wickets In South Africa Than Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ravi Ashwin

Nesara V JagannathaSaturday January 22, 2022

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Team India is struggling to do well in South Africa at the moment. While the team previously lost the Test series, they have now conceded a defeat in the ODI tournament, as well. Actually, both the batting and the bowling units have failed to work in tandem. In both ODI games, the bowlers have failed to strike at regular intervals. In this context, we came across a stat, that tells a lot about the performance of Indian bowlers in South Africa. In this article, we take a look at a stat, according to which Rohit Sharma has more ODI wickets in South Africa than established Indian bowlers.

Rohit Sharma has more ODI wickets in South Africa than established bowlers

According to the statistic, Rohit Sharma has taken more ODI wickets in South Africa than two established Indian bowlers. While Rohit has three ODI wickets in the Rainbow Nation, R Ashwin and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have only two. Rohit has bowled 14 overs in ODIs in South Africa and the other two have, naturally, bowled more deliveries.

All of Rohit Sharma’s ODI wickets have come when India toured South Africa in 2011. In that series, Rohit picked JP Duminy while he also got the prized wicket of AB de Villiers once. Ashwin and Bhuvi, though, are yet to make an impact in South Africa.

ODI Wickets in SA

3 – Rohit Sharma (14 overs)
2 – R Ashwin (48 overs)
2 – Bhuvneshwar (60 overs)#INDvsSA

— CricBeat (@Cric_beat) January 21, 2022

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Should Rohit Sharma start bowling more for India?

This brings us to the argument as to whether Rohit Sharma should start bowling more for India. Earlier, India had a lot of part-timers. However, India almost has none now. A part-timer could help the balance of an XI. A batter could try to go after him and this could give a chance to the bowling team. Such tactics have helped India in LO cricket in the past. Rohit Sharma has bowled close to 100 overs in ODI cricket so far. Now that he has become the captain, it needs to be seen if he backs himself now.