India, June 19 -- After 284 international caps in ODIs, Rohit Sharma is still judged on a series-to-series basis. Perhaps that is a direct consequence of his age or his form but it surely doesn't leave a good taste in his mouth.

At one stage in the second ODI, when he had motored along to 48 off 39 balls under Lucknow's sweltering heat, he looked set to double that score and add some more. With 11,641 runs to his name, a ton, even at 39, should suffice to keep the selectors happy and reinforce self-belief.

But then an indiscreet shot against the wily Rashid Khan sent him back to the dressing room with his second successive non-fifty score for the series.

Since Rohit committed to playing only the ODI format, he has scored a hundred and ...