Rohit Sharma’s Lord’s century didn’t answer India’s real question

6 min readUpdated: Jul 24, 2026 09:25 PM IST Rohit Sharma of India raises his bat after scoring a fifty during the 3rd ODI International match between England and India at the Lord's Cricket Ground, London, England on July 19, 2026. (CREIMAS) India have lost six of the nine away ODIs they have played under head coach Gautam Gambhir. Rohit Sharma, India’s highest run-scorer and the only centurion in overseas ODIs outside Asia in this period, remains the batter closest to losing his spot. Nudging 40, age appears to have become the defining metric of Rohit’s readiness. Not the runs or range of his batting. Rohit is the only opener to aggregate over 1000 runs since last year and is India’s highest run-scorer in ODIs since the 2023 World Cup.A run of five innings without a fifty was enough for