Rohit Sharma and Steve Smith
IND vs Eng: Indian captain Rohit Sharma’s poor form has been left behind. Rohit Sharma scored a great century against England in the second ODI being played in Cuttack. Rohit completed his century with a six off 76 balls, which is the 32nd century of his ODI career. With this century, Rohit Sharma made a big explosion in ODI cricket. Rohit is the third batsman in the world to score the most centuries in ODI cricket. The interesting thing is that all three are Indian batsmen in the top-3. Virat Kohli is at number one with 50 centuries while Sachin Tendulkar is second with 49 centuries. At the same time, Rohit holds the third position with 32 centuries.
Rohit Sharma’s name has now been 49 centuries in international cricket on the basis of this Dharmadar century and thus he has left behind Rahul Dravid in the case of scoring the most centuries in international cricket. Rohit has now become the third Indian batsman to score the highest century in international cricket. Dravid had scored 48 centuries in international cricket while Rohit has done a big act of scoring 49 centuries.
Batsman to score the most centuries in ODI cricket
- Virat Kohli- 50 centuries
- Sachin Tendulkar- 49 centuries
- Rohit Sharma- 32 centuries
- Ricky Ponting- 30 centuries
- Sanath Jayasuriya- 28 centuries
Rohit started in a fierce manner
Batting first in the second ODI, England’s innings was reduced to 304 runs in 49.5 overs. In response to this, the opening pair of Indian captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill started the innings in a blistering style and hit 77 runs in 10 overs. Rohit completed a half -century off just 30 balls in the 10th over. After this, Shubman Gill returned to the pavilion after scoring a half -century, but Rohit’s bat at the other end continued. During this, Virat Kohli returned to the pavilion cheaply but Rohit’s bat continued to wreak havoc. Shortly thereafter, Rohit hit his 32nd century in ODI cricket, hitting a brilliant six in the 26th over. This is the second fastest century of Rohit’s ODI career which came off 76 balls.
Rohit Sharma’s fastest ODI century (according to balls)
- 63 vs Afghanistan, Delhi 2023
- 76 vs England, Cuttack 2025 *
- 82 vs England, Nottingham 2018
- 82 vs New Zealand, Indore 2023
- 84 vs West Indies, Guwahati 2018
Rohit Sharma scored 119 runs off 90 balls with the help of 12 fours and 7 sixes. In this way, he became the third active player to score the most centuries in international cricket. He shattered Steve Smith’s record.
The most century in international cricket (active player)
- 81 – Virat Kohli (610 innings)
- 52 – Joe Root (468 innings)
- 49 – Rohit Sharma (526 innings)
- 48 – Steve Smith (410 innings)
- 46 – Kane Williamson (433 innings)
- 31 – Babar Azam (350 innings)
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