Michael Atherton on Rohit Sharma: Former England captain Michael Earthman has talked about the batsman whom he considers the greatest ODI opener batsman. Former English veteran Michael Earthman has described Rohit Sharma as the greatest ODI opener batsman. Michael Economon also described Rohit’s Test career as fun and said that he would be considered one of the greatest players in ODI cricket so far, but cannot be said about his Test career, even though his record was good. (Rohit Sharma Greatest Ever in ODI Cricket)

Michael Economon’s statement on Rohit Sharma leaving Test captaincy

Michael Earth (Michael Atherton BIG Statement on Rohit Sharma) says that it was no surprise to retire Indian captain Rohit Sharma from Test cricket, because this happened after struggling with the bat and his team’s defeat in Australia. Talking on Sky Sports, the former English captain said that “Rohit was going through a bad phase as a Test captain because the team was losing under his captaincy and he was unable to score”. He said, “This retirement was his own decision completely, or he realized that he was being excluded or he would be excluded, as a report came a day before Rohit’s announcement that the selectors were trying to move beyond Rohit.”

The former English cricketer said, “So I don’t think it was very surprising … but always sad when a Test career ends .. He has been an important cricketer.”

Talking about Rohit’s Test career, the hit man has scored 4301 runs by playing 67 matches. Rohit has scored 12 centuries and 18 half -centuries in the Test. At the same time, in ODIs, free has scored 11168 runs by playing 273 matches so far. Rohit has 32 centuries and 58 half -centuries in ODIs. In T20 International, Rohit scored 4231 runs after playing 159 matches.