Captain Rohit Sharma could not match world record of Ricky Ponting

Nottingham: Rohit Sharma’s continuous winning streak as the captain of Team India came to an end in the third and final match of the series against England on Sunday. After this defeat, the Hitman missed out on equaling former Australia captain record of Ricky Ponting ofwinning 20 matches for the most consecutive matches in international cricket.

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Ricky Ponting led Australia to victory in 20 consecutive matches in the year 2003.

Rohit could win 19 consecutive matches under his captaincy. Ricky Ponting led Australia to victory in 20 consecutive matches in 2003. At the same time, Rohit could win 19 consecutive matches from the year 2019 to 2022.

Victory campaign started against New Zealand

After becoming the full time captain of Team India, for the first time under the captaincy of Rohit, the Indian team had to face defeat. Since taking over the captaincy of the team in November 2021, under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India has been continuously cleaning the opposition teams in the series. The winning streak under Rohit’s captaincy started with a 3-0 victory in the home T20I series against New Zealand.

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Not the first time the opposition team’s mess was cleared

After this, the Indian team defeated the West Indies 3-0 at home in the ODI and T20 series. After the Windies, Sri Lanka were defeated by Rohit Sena 3-0 in the home T20 series and 2-0 in the Test series. Since March 20122, Rohit has not played a single match for Team India due to various reasons. But as soon as he returned to the team and the Kaman Sabhali team came back on the winning track and won the 3-match series against England 2-0 in the first two matches. Team India could not win the last match. Along with this, in the sixth consecutive series under the captaincy of Rohit, the opposition team could not be cleared.

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Wins in 14 consecutive T20 matches

Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India’s winning streak in 14 consecutive matches in International T20 also came to a halt on Sunday. After holding the world record, Rohit improved with just one win to take it to 14. No other T20 captain in the world could reach this point before him.