Rohit Sharma is one of the greatest white ball cricketers of all time and he has been doing very well in Test Cricket as well in the last 4-5 years. Trent Boult is the best New Zealand bowler along with Tim Southee. He has been the best left arm fast bowler in the modern era. This battle has seen a lot of classic moments. This is one of those rivalries which will continue in ICC tournaments.
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.
Trent Boult
The best left arm fast bowler to have played for New Zealand Trent Boult has played 78 Test Matches for New Zealand. He has taken 317 Wickets at an average of 27.50. He has also taken 10 Five Wicket Hauls and 1 time he has taken 10 wickets in a Test Match. He has also played in 114 ODIs for New Zealand and he has taken 211 wickets so far at an average of 24.31. He has got 6 Five Wicket Hauls In ODI Cricket. And in 61 T20Is he has taken 83 wickets. Therefore Trent Boult has taken 611 international wickets in his career for New Zealand. Take a look here at Best Performances of Trent Boult
Head to Head
In Test Cricket, Trent Boult has bowled 157 balls to Rohit Sharma. He has made 70 runs against Boult and has been dismissed once.
In ODI Cricket Trent Boult has bowled 177 balls in which Rohit Sharma has hit 132 runs. He has been dismissed 4 times in ODI Cricket by Trent Boult.
And in T20I Cricket, Rohit Sharma has hit 52 runs in 34 balls against Trent Boult and has been dismissed 3 times.
Memorable Encounters
The first Memorable Encounter was in the 2016 Test series. It was the first Test Match of the series. It was the second innings of the Test Match. Rohit Sharma hit a well made 68 not out from 93 balls. Trent Boult bowled 12 balls to Rohit Sharma in this innings. India won this match by 197 runs.
One of their memorable Encounters In ODI Cricket was the 2nd ODI in 2019. This was the match where Rohit Sharma batted first. He made 87 runs from 96 balls and he hit 9 fours and 3 sixes. Trent Boult bowled 23 balls to Rohit Sharma In this innings. India won this match by 90 runs.
The Third Memorable Encounter is from a T20I match in 2017. It was the second match in this series. Rohit Sharma was out for just 5 runs as he was dismissed by Trent Boult caught behind. Boult bowled 2 balls and he got him out.
