Rohit Sharma’s record in Auckland: How Hitman has performed at Eden Park in all formats

Rohit Sharma returns to Eden Park for India 's 1st ODI against New Zealand on November 4.

He averages 49.00 in ODIs at the ground but has never passed 43 there in the format.

His 72 in the 2014 Test remains his highest score at Eden Park in any format.

Rohit Sharma has a longer history at Eden Park than at most overseas grounds, having played there in all three formats across a span of 17 years. What he does not have is a defining innings at the venue.

He has appeared in three ODIs, three T20Is and one Test at the Auckland ground, the first of them in March 2009 and the most recent in January 2020. India have not played a Test there since 2014.

Rohit trained at Eden Park on October 30 while the T20I squad was in Auckland, though he was not part of that leg, having retired from the format after the 2024 T20 World Cup.

A format-by-format breakdown of his numbers at the ground.

What is Rohit Sharma's record in ODIs at Eden Park, Auckland?

Four innings have produced 98 runs at an average of 24.50 and a strike rate of 73.68, with four fours and five sixes. The average flatters the output, because two of the four innings ended with him not out or barely started.

His best came on March 14, 2009, early in his career, when he finished unbeaten on 43 from 74 balls with four fours and a six. It remains his highest ODI score at the ground and the only time he has batted through there without being dismissed.

He returned in January 2014 and played with far more freedom, making 39 off 38 with four sixes and a four before being caught. His third appearance came at the 2015 World Cup against Zimbabwe, when he made 16 off 21.

Rohit is yet to register a fifty in an ODI at Eden Park, which fits a wider pattern in the country. Across 14 ODIs in New Zealand, he has 437 runs at 36.41 with four half-centuries and no hundred, well below his career average of 49.26.

What is Rohit Sharma's record in T20Is at Eden Park, Auckland?

His one substantial T20I innings at the ground is also the most significant. On February 8, 2019, captaining in Virat Kohli's absence, he reached fifty from 28 balls with four sixes and three fours, and in doing so overtook Martin Guptill as the leading run-scorer in T20I history.

He was caught on the boundary going for another six, out for 50 off 29, with India comfortable in a chase of 159 they completed by seven wickets.

The two innings that followed were brief. He made 7 off six balls in the series opener on January 24, 2020, caught by Ross Taylor off Mitchell Santner in the second over, then 8 off six two days later, again caught by Taylor off Tim Southee in the first over.

Those 65 runs across three innings came at a strike rate of 158.53 with five fours and five sixes, and with his T20I retirement confirmed after the 2024 World Cup, the record will stand as it is.

What is Rohit Sharma's record in Test cricket at Eden Park, Auckland?

One Test, in February 2014, and it produced his highest score at the ground in any format. Replying to New Zealand's 503, built on Brendon McCullum's 224, Rohit made 72 from 120 balls with eight fours and a six in an India total of 202.

He had been 67 not out overnight at 130 for 4 before being bowled by Trent Boult early on the third morning, one of two overnight batters to fall in quick succession.

In the second innings, chasing 407, he made 19 from 59 balls and was caught behind off Southee with the first delivery after tea, India falling 40 runs short at 366 all out. He also bowled four overs across the match and took two catches, both to dismiss Ish Sodhi.

How to watch Rohit Sharma play India vs New Zealand at Eden Park?

The first ODI at Eden Park begins at 3 PM local time on Wednesday, November 4, which is 7:30 AM IST.

The match will be broadcast on the Star Sports network in India and live-streamed on JioHotstar.

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