As the world awaits for the clash between India vs Pakistan, the Dubai International Cricket Stadium will witness the 100th inning of Rohit Sharma as an opener. Sharma already played 100th match yesterday against Hong Kong as an opener. The right-hander has so far scored 4804 runs as an opener, with an average of 53.97. With a staggering strike rate of 91.34, the stand- in the captain of the Asia Cup 2018, will surely look to put his best foot forward. As an opener, his highest score was 264 runs against Sri Lanka. The hitman scored 16 centuries and 22 half-centuries. Asia Cup 2018 Schedule 

Sharma would definitely want to better his not so good record against Pakistan. So far the hitman has played six matches against Pakistan. Scoring 116 runs, the right-hander has an average of 29.00 and the strike rate of 72.50 runs. The highest score of Rohit Sharma is 58 runs and has made one half-century.

Talking about Rohit Sharma’s overall records, the hitman has played 184 matches in the ODIs with 178 innings. So far in the 50 over format, Sharma has scored 6771 runs with an average of 44.84. Sharma enjoys an amazing strike rate of 87.23. Having made 18 centuries and 34 half-centuries, Rohit Sharma has won the Man of the Match award 13 times in his career.

The Hitman yesterday got out on a low score against Hong Kong on the score of 23 runs off 22 balls.  Shikhar Dhawan became the highest scorer of the match scoring 127 runs off 120 balls. India yesterday went on to beat Hing Kong by 26 runs. Fans all over the world must have kept their fingers crossed for the mega-clash between India and Pakistan later this evening.

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