Indian captain Rohit Sharma finally ended his century drought by scoring a hundred against New Zealand in the 3rd ODI at Indore’s Holkar Stadium. The right-handed batter from Mumbai was looking in brilliant touch from the start, and he finally converted it into a big score.
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On the 3rd ball of the 36th over, Rohit took a single on Blair Tickner’s delivery to complete the milestone. He was quite normal in his celebration and did even take his helmet off but just raised his hands and acknowledged the crowd. Rohit got out after scoring 101 runs on Michael Bracewell’s delivery.
This is Rohit’s 30th ODI century, and he has equalled the record of Australian legend Ricky Ponting. Only Sachin Tendulkar (49) and Virat Kohli (46) are ahead of Rohit in terms of the ODI centuries. It is a great fact that the top-3 positions in the list of most ODI centuries are acquired by Indian players.
Rohit’s last ODI century came in 2020 when he smashed a century against Australia in Bengaluru. The year 2019 was the best one for the Indian captain where he scored 7 ODI centuries. Rohit started opening the innings in 2013 and his fortunes changed after it. He would want to continue his top form for the rest of the year as well.
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Rohit Sharma ODI centuries
S No. | Score | Opposition | Venue | Year |
1 | 114 | Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 2010 |
2 | 101* | Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 2010 |
3 | 141* | Australia | Jaipur | 2013 |
4 | 209 | Australia | Bengaluru | 2013 |
5 | 264 | Sri Lanka | Kolkata | 2014 |
6 | 138 | Australia | Melbourne | 2015 |
7 | 137 | Bangladesh | Melbourne | 2015 |
8 | 150 | South Africa | Kanpur | 2015 |
9 | 171* | Australia | Perth | 2016 |
10 | 124 | Australia | Brisbane | 2016 |
11 | 123* | Bangladesh | Birmingham | 2017 |
12 | 124* | Sri Lanka | Kandy | 2017 |
13 | 104 | Sri Lanka | Colombo | 2017 |
14 | 125 | Australia | Nagpur | 2017 |
15 | 147 | New Zealand | Kanpur | 2017 |
16 | 208* | Sri Lanka | Mohali | 2017 |
17 | 115 | South Africa | Port Elizabeth | 2018 |
18 | 137* | England | Nottingham | 2018 |
19 | 111* | Pakistan | Dubai | 2018 |
20 | 152* | West Indies | Guwahati | 2018 |
21 | 162 | West Indies | Mumbai | 2018 |
22 | 133 | Australia | Sydney | 2019 |
23 | 122* | South Africa | Southampton | 2019 |
24 | 140 | Pakistan | Manchester | 2019 |
25 | 102 | England | Birmingham | 2019 |
26 | 104 | Bangladesh | Birmingham | 2019 |
27 | 103 | Sri Lanka | Leeds | 2019 |
28 | 159 | West Indies | Visakhapatnam | 2019 |
29 | 119 | Australia | Bengaluru | 2020 |
30 | 101 | New Zealand | Indore | 2023 |