Rohit Sharma ended a 3-year wait for an ODI hundred during India’s third and final match of the series against New Zealand in Indore on Tuesday. Rohit is now also joint third on the list of most ODI hundreds, having struck his 30th hundred in the format. Ricky Ponting had finished with 30 hundreds from 375 one-day internationals while Rohit reached the milestone in his 241st match.
Rohit got out for 101 from just 85 balls, after having hit 13 boundaries and 5 sixes. He was involved in a 212-run stand for the opening partnership with Shubman Gill, who smashed 112 from just 78 balls.
Sachin Tendulkar (49) and Virat Kohli (46) lead the ODI hundreds charts and with Rohit Sharma now climbing up, this is now a proper Indian domination. Rohit also went past Sanath Jayasuriya’s tally of 270 sixes to step up to No.3 in the list for most sixes in one-day internationals.
Rohit Sharma had last scored an ODI hundred on January 19 2020 against Australia in Bengaluru. For 3 years since, Rohit scored five half-centuries but did not come close to his 30th ODI hundred. Along the way, Rohit had hit a masterful Test hundred against England at home in 2021 but his ODI form had become a concern in certain quarters.
