Former Indian team captain Rohit Sharma will be seen playing in Team India’s jersey after a long time on Sunday. However, this time he will play as a batsman. In such a situation, all eyes will be on him. Rohit Sharma’s record against Australia has been better and there will be pressure on him to prove himself in this series. Rohit Sharma will make a big achievement in his name as soon as he enters the first match against Australia. He will become the fifth batsman for India to play 500 international matches.
The Indian ODI team reached Perth on Thursday for the upcoming series against Australia. Apart from Kohli, Rohit and Shubman Gill, other players who arrived with the first batch included KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana and Nitish Kumar Reddy and some members of the support staff. Gautam Gambhir and other members of the coaching staff will join the team today. The first ODI match to be held in Perth on October 19 will be the 500th match of Rohit Sharma’s international career.
Rohit will become the 5th player to play 500 international matches for India after Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli. If Rohit Sharma gets a place in the playing eleven during the ODI series against Australia. So he will achieve this feat. The first match of the ODI series will be played on Sunday. After that the next two matches will be played in Adelaide and Sydney. After this, the five-match T20 International series will start from October 29.