Rohit Sharma vs Sri Lanka has been one of the most fascinating rivalries in the past decade. He has scored heavily against them but the bowlers have also got the better of him sometimes. One of the most prominent rivalries is Rohit Sharma vs Angelo Mathews. Angelo Mathews has been a constant for Sri Lankam cricket over the past decade. And they have a very interesting head to head.

Rohit Sharma

The captain of the Indian team in all three formats of the game Rohit Sharma has played 59 Test Matches so far. He has seen a revitalization of his Test Career. He has scored 4137 runs at an average of 45.46 with 12 hundreds in Test Cricket. Rohit Sharma has scored 1 double hundred as well. He has also played 262 ODIs for India. In those Matches he has made 10709 runs at a very good average of 49.12. He has hit 31 ODI hundreds. He is the only batter in history to have hit 3 double hundreds in ODI Cricket. Rohit Sharma has also played 151 T20IS for India and he has made 3974 runs at an average of 31.79. He has smashed 5 hundreds in T20I Cricket which is a record. He has made more than 18,800 runs in international cricket and 48 hundreds.

Angelo Mathews

Angelo Mathews is one of the best modern day all rounders for Sri Lanka. He has played 109 Test Matches for Sri Lanka and he has scored 7608 runs at an average of 45.08. He has made 16 hundreds and 1 double hundred. He has also taken 33 Wickets in Test Cricket. In ODI Cricket he has played 226 ODIs for Sri Lanka. He has made 5916 runs at an average of 40.24. Angelo Mathews has hit 3 hundreds in ODI Cricket. He has taken 126 Wickets in ODI Cricket. In 87 T20IS he has made 1354 runs and taken 44 Wickets. He has scored close to 15,000 international runs and taken 203 international Wickets.

Head to Head

Angelo Mathews has bowled 53 balls to Rohit Sharma in Test Cricket. Rohit Sharma has made 14 runs while being dismissed 2 times. 

In ODI Cricket, Rohit Sharma has faced.175 balls from Angelo Mathews and he has made 103 runs. He has been dismissed 7 times by Angelo Mathews.

Memorable Encounters

• Their first Memorable Encounter was in 2010. It was in an ODI in Dambulla. Rohit Sharma was out for 0 in just 2 balls. He was dismissed by Angelo Mathews LBW.

• Their next Memorable Encounter was in 2014 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. This is the match where Rohit Sharma made the highest ODI score of all time which is still the record. Angelo Mathews bowled 21 balls to Rohit Sharma in this match. India won this match by 153 runs.

• In 2017, it was India vs Sri Lanka. Rohit Sharma made a brilliant hundred but was dismissed by Angelo Mathews. Angelo Mathews Bowled 13 balls to Rohit Sharma In this innings.