Rohit Sharma Record: Team India captain Rohit Sharma was seen in full color today in the third ODI against New Zealand being played in Indore. Hitman Rohit Sharma hit his 30th ODI century while thrashing New Zealand bowlers fiercely. Rohit Sharma has managed to score an ODI century after three years (1101 days). He has equaled the record of Australia’s legendary cricketer Ricky Ponting by scoring his thirtieth century of his ODI career. He has left behind Sri Lankan veteran cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya in terms of hitting sixes in ODIs.
Scored ODI century after three years
Team India’s captain batted in a stormy fashion today. New Zealand captain won the toss and decided to bowl first. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill’s stormy style showed their decision to be proved wrong. Rohit Sharma played a brilliant inning of 101 runs in 85 balls. During this, he hit nine fours and six brilliant sixes. No New Zealand bowler could manage to tie down Rohit Sharma.
Rohit Sharma has achieved success in scoring ODI century after 3 years. He had earlier scored an ODI century against Australia on 19 January 2020. In 2020, he played a brilliant inning of 119 runs against Australia in Bengaluru. After that match, Rohit Sharma has played many brilliant innings but he could not manage to score a century. Today, he won the hearts of cricket fans by scoring a century, ending a drought of three years.
Equals Ricky Ponting’s record
Rohit Sharma scored his 30th century in ODI today. With this century, he has also equaled Australia’s legendary cricketer Ricky Ponting’s record of 30 centuries. Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for scoring the most centuries in ODIs. Sachin Tendulkar has scored 49 centuries in 463 matches while former India captain Virat Kohli has scored 46 ODI centuries in 271 matches.
Rohit Sharma has managed to score 30 centuries in 245 matches while Ricky Ponting scored 30 centuries in 375 matches. Sri Lankan veteran cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya has scored 28 centuries in 445 matches. Rohit Sharma has scored the most eight centuries against the Australian team during his career.
Left Jayasuriya behind in hitting sixes
Rohit Sharma has left behind Jayasuriya in terms of hitting most sixes in ODIs. Rohit Sharma hit 9 brilliant sixes during his innings today. With this, he has gone past Jayasuriya’s record of 270 sixes. Before this match, Rohit Sharma had a record of 267 sixes.
Shahid Afridi of Pakistan holds the record for most sixes in ODIs. Shahid Afridi has hit 351 sixes in ODIs. At number two is West Indies stormy batsman Chris Gayle who has hit 332 sixes. Rohit Sharma has so far hit 273 ODI sixes. Sanath Jayasuriya is at number four with 267 sixes and former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is at number five with 229 sixes.
Great batting by Gill too
Apart from Rohit Sharma, the other Indian opener Shubman Gill also batted brilliantly and completed the fourth century of his ODI career. Gill played an inning of 112 runs off 78 balls. During this he hit 13 fours and 5 sixes. Gill has scored his third century in his last four matches.
Source: newstrack.com”