Jason Roy picks 'Hitman' Rohit Sharma over David Warner for opening the innings

Jason Roy has said that he would like to open innings with Rohit Sharma. Both Roy and Rohit are finest opening batsmen of ir respective countries.  While South African born cricketer opens innings for England in white-ball cricket, Sharma has been Team India's high-profile opening batsman ever since ICC Champions Trophy 2013. What makes 'Hitman' even more special is that he has a record of three double-centuries in 50-overs format and four tons in T20I cricket. Sharma's score of 264 against Sri Lanka in 2014 at iconic Eden Gardens remains highest individual ODI score to date.

Jason Roy picks Rohit Sharma over David Warner

During a recent interview with CricTracker, 2019 World Cup winner was asked to pick his opening partner among David Warner and Rohit Sharma as Roy had hesitation in choosing Indian limited-overs vice-captain.

year 2019 was indeed best year for Rohit Sharma on cricket field as he had first led Mumbai Indians to ir record fourth IPL title. He n had a dream run at World Cup 2019 that succeeded where he had amassed 648 runs in nine matches that included five centuries. He is only batsman to have scored five tons in a single edition of World Cup.  Later in year, 'Hitman' made his comeback to red-ball cricket in home Test series against South Africa where he had tched up his maiden double century in longest format (212). He was also adjudged Man of Series for having amassed 529 runs in three-match series.

Rohit Sharma in IPL 2020 & Team India's future assignments

Meanwhile, Rohit was all set to lead defending champions and four-time winners Mumbai Indians in 13th edition of cash-rich event that was originally scheduled to get underway on March 29 but has been indefinitely suspended due to ongoing global pandemic. At same time, Team India's next two away limited-overs series against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe respectively have been called off due to coronavirus fear. 

As per reports, Virat Kohli & Co.'s next international assignment will be against current top-ranked Test side Australia in ir own backyard. two fierce rivals will be locking horns in a four-match Test series that gets underway on December 3 in Brisbane.

 India had beaten Australia when y had toured Down Under in 2018-19 season 2-1 in four-match series to win ir maiden Test series on Australian soil.  It remains to be seen wher Virat Kohli-led side will succeed in retaining iconic Border-Gavaskar Trophy by getting better of a full-strength Australian side that features likes of Steve Smith, David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne, etc.

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