Rohit Sharma
IND vs Eng: In Cuttack, Indian captain Rohit Sharma showed what was waiting for more than 1 year. Rohit Sharma’s bat came to a century in ODI after 475 days, due to which Team India defeated England in the second consecutive ODI match to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match series. Indian captain Rohit Sharma was an important contribution in this victory of Team India, who scored a brilliant century against England, leaving behind his bad form. Rohit hit a stormy century off 76 balls and thus brought his centuries to 32 in ODI cricket. Not only this, the number of Rohit’s international centuries reached 49.
Rohit also defeated Sachin
Batting first in this match, England gave Team India a target of 305 runs. Chasing this huge target, captain Rohit Sharma started beating England’s bowling from the first over. As a result, he completed his half -century off 30 balls. After this, he set a new record by completing his century in the next 40 balls. On the basis of this century innings, Rohit Sharma broke 2 big records of Sachin. Rohit Sharma became the Indian batsman to score the highest century in international cricket after the age of 30. Rohit demolished Sachin’s 35 centuries record. Apart from this, Rohit became the second Indian opener to score the most runs in the history of ODI cricket, beating the great Sachin Tendulkar.
24 year old record collapsed
Rohit Sharma played a brilliant innings of 119 runs off 90 balls with the help of 12 fours and 7 sixes and shattered the 21 -year -old Maharikord. Actually, Rohit came to Cuttack as a captain to play his 50th ODI match. In this match, Rohit not only scored a century but also set the record for the biggest innings. For 24 years, this big record was in the name of former Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya. Jayasuriya scored an innings of 107 runs as captain in his 50th ODI match in 2001. Now Rohit Sharma broke this record by playing an innings of 119 runs.
Players who score the biggest score in their 50th ODI match as captain
- Rohit Sharma- 119 (2025)
- Sanath Jayasuriya- 107 (2001)
- Eoin Morgan- 102 (2017)
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