The year 2019 was an eventful one for the entire nation and the India national cricket team. It had been one of the most successful years for Indian cricket as well as Virat Kohli & co. who seem to be on a winning streak throughout the year. However, amongst all the winning glories, the lost of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 will always a glitch in the shiny 2019. The exciting semi-final that washed away India’s hope on the reserve day where New Zealand pacers stood barring the way for the Indian batsman.
Nevertheless, the comeback that the ‘Men in Blue’ made after their ouster from the coveted ICC tournament was tremendously fabulous. In the eight Tests that the Indian team played this year, Kohli and his men emerged victorious in the seven with one in Australia ending in a draw.
On the other hand, in the limited-overs cricket, India was performing impeccably as they were victorious in 19 out of the 28 matches, losing seven, and two ending with no results. Meanwhile, in the T20Is Kohli & Co. bagged nine out of the 16 games while they lost the seven games in all.
Nevertheless, the year of 2019 was action-packed for the Indian team and the fans who saw the ‘Men in Blue’ scourging the best of the teams. At the end of the year, let’s take a look at the five greatest moments of the year for the India team.
Five Greatest Moments of the Year 2019:
#5 HITMAN’s record-making five centuries in a single ICC tournament:
In the coveted quadrennial event of cricket, India entered as the second favourite team likely to win the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. India was always best known for their batting attack on the cricket ground and this time the team had the best attackers opening the game. One of them being renowned as ‘HITMAN’ for his aggressive 360 degrees hitting capability.
And being true to his name, the heart of Mumbai, Rohit Sharma slammed the opening game of India in the World Cup 2019 with a stunning 122 chasing the target set by South Africa. The aggressive hitter then moved on to hit 140 against Pakistan before he thrashed three more consecutive centuries in that tournament against England, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
However, in the final league game against Sri Lanka, Rohit etched his name in the history of the World Cup records. Breaking the previous record of the Sri Lankan legendary Kumara Sangakkara, Rohit became the first to hit most centuries in a single edition of the World Cup.
The Mumbai cricketer and famously known as the ‘Family man’, also ended up recording as the highest run-getter in ODI cricket in 2019, surpassing even Virat Kohli with 1490 runs in 28 matches. Rohit is ranked number two in the ICC ODI rankings after the India skipper Kohli.