England fast bowlers keep on causing trouble for India’s heavy hitting batting order, mainly because of their aggressive short ball plans in their own home swing. After getting the Men in Blue all out for only 76 at Trent Bridge earlier this week, the English quicks then, again, tore through India top order in the fourth T20I, at Bristol. Former England captain Nasser Hussain pointed out how India keeps running into the same issue, especially with bouncers, and he feels the batters should actually learn to face short pitched deliveries by taking notes from Rohit Sharma. Hussain also gave credit to the legendary Indian opener and he went back to a personal memory, about his unforgettable century at the County Ground in Bristol, during India 2018 tour of England. While commentating for Sky Sports during the fourth T20I of the five match series, Hussain was saying how England’s bowlers kept on unmasking India’s weakness, against the short ball, sort of again and again. He also went right back to Rohit Sharma, and basically reminded the audience about that opener’s brilliant innings, at the same ground back in July 2018, yeah. The cricketer-turned-commentator commeted: “Here since Old Trafford we are seeing Indian batters threatened by bouncers, back then there was Rohit Sharma who has 100 at Bristol, who use to pull them apart in stands.” Nasser Hussain said "Here since Old Trafford we are seeing Indian batters threatened by bouncers, back then there was Rohit Sharma who has 100 at Bristol, who use to pull them apart in stands". [SKY] pic.twitter.com/JkKHkU7VnF — Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) July 9, 2026 What he said really got support from Rohit’s own standout display at Bristol eight years earlier, where he took apart England’s bowling unit, by steering it all the way to a match winning hundred. Now in that tour’s series deciding third T20I , India had to chase 199 runs to wrap things up. Even after Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul went early, inside the powerplay, Rohit Sharma still blasted an unbeaten 100 from only 56 deliveries, and he steered India home with eight balls left. The star opener really went at it , hammering 11 boundaries and five sixes in his match-winning spell and somehow still managed to pick up the Player of the Match award as India closed the series 2-1. That run wasn’t the only bright spot for Rohit in England. He then came back with another innings that won the game, a century in the first ODI at Nottingham. After that, a year later, he notched up five centuries and piled together 648 runs, finishing as the highest run-scorer of the 2019 ODI World Cup , which was staged in England. Also Read | An odd day but multiple records for captain Shreyas Iyer in Bristol: here are those Rohit’s record in England pretty much does the talking. He posts a solid 64.90 average from 27 ODI innings , and in English conditions he averages 33.50 across 12 T20I innings too. In the must-win fourth T20I vs England in Bristol on 9 July, India decided to take first turn at bat but somehow their top three batters were sent back when the scoreboard sat at just 48, so yeah not ideal. Captain Shreyas Iyer then sort of steadied things with a superb not out 80 off 49 balls, and you could see it four fours and five sixes in that innings. That brilliant knock from Iyer helped India manage to set a competitive 158/7 in the 20 overs, even with some strong, impressive spells with the ball from Jofra Archer and Josh Tongue.