The Indian cricket team is currently on a tour of Australia. Where Team India is playing a five-match test series against Australia. Team India won the first match of this series. While the Indian team lost in the second match under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India seems to be in a weak position in the third match also. Travis Head has batted amazingly in both the matches. Meanwhile, a relief news has come out for Rohit Sharma. In fact, the player who was the biggest headache for them in international cricket has retired. This player has said goodbye to all three formats. This player is none other than Tim Southee of New Zealand.
Why is he a headache for Rohit Sharma?
Tim Southee has retired after the last match of the Test series played between New Zealand and England. Now you must be wondering why Tim Southee has been the biggest headache for Rohit Sharma. In recent times, Travis Head has troubled him the most. In such a situation, let us tell you the whole thing. Tim Southee has been one of the greatest bowlers in international cricket. Whereas Saudi has dismissed Rohit Sharma a total of 14 times in international cricket. Till date, he would not have made any other batsman his victim so many times. How many times would Rohit Sharma have become his victim. This is the reason why Tim Southee is considered the biggest enemy of Rohit Sharma.
These batsmen were made their victims most often in international cricket.
1. Rohit Sharma – 14 times
2. Dimuth Karunaratne – 11 times
3. Virat Kohli – 11 times
4. Tamim Iqbal – 9 times
How was his career?
If we take a look at the career of New Zealand’s star bowler Tim Southee, he has been the highest wicket taker for New Zealand in international cricket. He has a total of 716 wickets in his name. He has taken 391 wickets in Tests, 221 wickets in ODIs and 164 wickets in T20 Internationals. He gets wickets by changing the pace of bowling. He has won the final match of the World Test Championship 2021 with the Kiwi team.
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