Indian veteran player Rohit Sharma once again proved that even the difficult conditions of Australia cannot stand in front of his bat. In the ODI match played in Sydney, Rohit batted brilliantly and scored his sixth ODI century in Australia. With this he achieved a big milestone. Now he has become the player to score the most centuries by a foreign batsman in Australia. With this, Rohit Sharma has scored 50 centuries in international cricket.
Rohit scored half century of centuries
Rohit Sharma Has now completed 50 centuries in international cricket. Rohit has scored 12 centuries in Tests, while Rohit has scored 33 centuries in ODIs and 5 centuries have come from Rohit’s bat in T20. That means a total of 50 centuries have come from Rohit’s bat.
Most ODI centuries by foreign batsmen in Australia:
1️⃣ Rohit Sharma – 6 centuries (33 innings)
2️⃣ Virat Kohli – 5 centuries (32 innings)
3️⃣ Kumar Sangakkara – 5 centuries (49 innings)
Most ODI centuries against an opposition team:
1️⃣ Virat Kohli – 10 vs Sri Lanka
2️⃣ Virat Kohli – 9 vs West Indies
3️⃣ Sachin Tendulkar – 9 vs Australia
4️⃣ Rohit Sharma – 9 vs Australia
Rohit did wonders in fielding also
Rohit Sharma has also performed brilliantly as a fielder in the ODI match between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Former Indian team captain Rohit took two catches in this match. First of all, Rohit took the catch of Mitchell Owen at first slip off the ball of Harshit Rana. Then he also caught Nathan Ellis’ shot in the midwicket region off the ball of Prasidh Krishna.
Rohit Sharma achieved a special achievement by taking the catch of Nathan Ellis. Rohit completed his 100 catches in One Day International. Rohit is the sixth Indian who has achieved this feat. Before Rohit, only Virat Kohli, Mohammad Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Suresh Raina were able to do this.
Most catches as a fielder for India (ODI)
164 Virat Kohli
156 Mohammad Azharuddin
140 Sachin Tendulkar
124 Rahul Dravid
102 Suresh Raina
100 Rohit Sharma
India’s playing-11 in Sydney ODI: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana and Mohammed Siraj.
Australia’s playing-11 in Sydney ODI: Mitchell Marsh (captain), Travis Head, Matthew Short, Matthew Renshaw, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Cooper Connolly, Mitch Owen, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Ellis and Adam Zampa.
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