Rohit Sharma has been scrutinised to the core on this tour. After a poor Test series, wherein his spot was questioned every time he stepped onto the crease, or every time the camera brought Ajinkya Rahane into focus.
The ODI series came soon enough for Rohit, but Rabada had his number on multiple occasions, and thus Rohit was scrutinised even further, as he was failing to excel at his own game.
But today was different. After 4 rather drab failures, Rohit was determined to ‘pitch in’ in the all important 5th ODI, and pitch in he did.
He brought up his 17th ODI century in ODI cricket, scoring his 15th as an opener, and in the process answered his critics in emphatic fashion.
So much talk about Rohit’s performance in overseas conditions, and he comes up with an inspired performance on a challenging Port Elizabeth surface which had a little in it for the seamers initially and has gotten slower and sluggish ever since.
Twitter came out in support of Rohit Sharma, albeit a few trolls.
Check out the best tweets:
🇮🇳 breathes a little easier as Rohit Sharma gets to his 17th ODI hundred, (only his 2nd against SA), 3 of which have been doubles.
Can he hand India their first ODI series win in SA? Only time will tell…
🇮🇳203/3 after 36, 🇿🇦 search for further inroads.#SAvIND pic.twitter.com/9mU2ET8RvT
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) February 13, 2018
First ODI Century for Rohit Sharma on Valentines month… 💚💚
— BrokenStats (@Broken_Statz) February 13, 2018
Birthday Gift ✔
Anniversary Gift✔
Valentine’s Day Gift✔😂Rohit Sharma 🙏🇮🇳 #INDvSA #INDvsSA #SAvIND #SAvsIND #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/tDho1UGYNA
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) February 13, 2018
Brilliant Innings By Rohit Sharma. 100* Runs & 2 Wickets. Well Played. 😂💪🙏🇮🇳#INDvSA #INDvsSA #SAvIND #SAvsIND #RohitSharma
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) February 13, 2018
Faced so many Ups & Downs ! But u stand tall! Rohit Sharma Our one & only RoHit Hit Hit Hit Hitman @ImRo45 Congrts for 100 #INDvSA now stage is set for 200 ☺ hit harder.. Har Har Mahadev
— Manveer Gurjar (@imanveergurjar) February 13, 2018
Rohit Sharma In IND VS SA Matches:
1st ODI – Troll
2nd ODI – Troll
3rd ODI – Troll
4th ODI – Troll
5th ODI – Scroll Down Your Scorecard.Power Of #HitMan 💪👊🔥#INDvsSA #INDvSA #SAvIND 5th ODI #RohitSharma@pinakin1719 @ImApurva45
— PANKAJ 🇮🇳 (@ProPankaj_) February 13, 2018
Most ODI tons for India outside Asia –
Sehwag + Dravid = 8
ROHIT SHARMA = 8#SAvIND— Nikhil Mane 🏏🇦🇺 (@nikhiltait) February 13, 2018
17th One Day International hundred for Rohit Sharma..
Only Indians ahead of him are Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Sourav Ganguly. #SAvIND— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) February 13, 2018
Sunil gavaskar turns – 1s into 2s..
Rohit Sharma turns- run outs into centuries..
— PrAvesh ChAuhan🇮🇳 (@praavesh_24) February 13, 2018
Rohit Sharma eyeing a 400 here? #SAvIND
— Silly Point 🏏 (@FarziCricketer) February 13, 2018
Form is TEMPORARY 😊🙌🏏 #Rohit #SAvIND
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) February 13, 2018
