Flop XI of World Cup 2015 Group Stage

3. Nasir Jamshed (Pakistan) / Rohit Sharma (India)

Matches – 3 | Innings – 3 | Runs – 5 | HS. – 4 | Avg. – 1.66

Pakistan brought in Nasir Jamshed to replace Younis Khan as their opener along with Ahmed Shehzad. But he couldn’t make any significant contributions, making scores of 0, 1, and 4 in the three matches he played. All the 3 dismissals have been exactly the same, trying to force pace into the innings and getting out to a mistimed shot. Pakistan abandoned him in place of Sarfraz Ahmed who made a 50 and hundred in the last 2 games he played in to take Pakistan into QFs against Australia.

Matches – 6 | Innings – 6 | Runs – 159 | HS. – 64 | Avg. – 31.8

Rohit Sharma was in red hot form in the tri-series, and scored a 150 against Afghanistan in the practice match, but as soon as the main tournament began, his form hid himself somewhere only to peek its head against associate nations. Against big teams like South Africa, Pakistan, West Indies and even Zimbabwe, he scored 0, 15, 7 and 16 runs respectively. He did score 57* against UAE and 64 against Ireland. Such scores against weaker opponents have done no good to his reputation of unfulfilled talent. He is the latest addition to our Flop XI.