{"id":8839,"date":"2025-03-13T17:11:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T11:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=576155"},"modified":"2025-03-13T17:11:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T11:41:15","slug":"ab-de-villiers-supports-rohit-sharmas-decision-to-continue-in-odi-cricket-after-champions-trophy-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ab-de-villiers-supports-rohit-sharmas-decision-to-continue-in-odi-cricket-after-champions-trophy-triumph\/","title":{"rendered":"AB de Villiers supports Rohit Sharma\u2019s decision to continue in ODI cricket after Champions Trophy triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Former South African captain AB de Villiers has lauded Rohit Sharma\u2019s decision to continue playing One Day Internationals (ODIs), putting to rest speculation surrounding his future in the format. Amid widespread discussions about a potential retirement following India\u2019s <\/span><b>Champions Trophy 2025<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> triumph, Rohit made it clear in a press conference that he intends to extend his ODI career.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">AB de Villiers is all praise for Rohit Sharma<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speaking on his YouTube channel, de Villiers praised Rohit\u2019s leadership and batting prowess, emphasizing the crucial role he played in India\u2019s Champions Trophy final victory against New Zealand. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhy would Rohit Sharma retire? With that kind of record, not only as captain but also as a batter. That 76 in the final, giving India a fantastic start, laying the foundation for success and leading from the front when the pressure was at its peak,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> de Villiers said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rohit, who has been instrumental in India\u2019s white-ball dominance, was widely speculated to step away from ODIs to focus on T20Is and Tests. However, after leading India to their first ICC trophy since 2013, he reaffirmed his commitment to the format. He made it clear in the press conference that will continue in the format and will try to play as long as he can.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rohit Sharma in ODI Cricket:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Matches played: 273<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Runs: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">11168<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Highest score: 264<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">100s: 32<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">50s: 58<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6s: 344<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">4s: 1045<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It has been almost 12 years since Rohit has started opening in ODI cricket and ever since then he has <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">been a cornerstone of India\u2019s batting lineup, consistently delivering in high-pressure situations. His aggressive approach at the top has set the tone for India\u2019s dominance in recent years, a quality that was on full display in the Champions Trophy final.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former South African captain AB de Villiers has lauded Rohit Sharma\u2019s decision to continue playing One Day Internationals (ODIs), putting\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":385,"featured_media":31637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/385"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}