Reaching Historic Milestones, Rohit Sharma Uses Cuttack Ton to Beat Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar
With a powerful century against England at Cuttack in Sunday’s second ODI, Indian captain Rohit Sharma
Made a stunning comeback to form and passed Rahul Dravid to break into the top 10 run scorers in ODI cricket.
For supporters who had waited months to see Rohit return to his best form, every moment spent at Cuttack was worthwhile.
Putting aside his difficulties, the Hitman scored 119 runs in 90 balls with 12 fours and seven sixes by perfectly timing and middling his strokes. He scored runs at a 132.22 strike rate.
In 267 ODIs, Rohit
Rohit has amassed 10,987 runs at an average of 49.26 and a strike rate of 92.70 in 267 One-Day Internationals. His top score was 264, and he has 32 hundreds and 57 fifties. In ODIs, he ranks tenth in terms of runs scored. In contrast, Dravid amassed 10,889 runs at an average of 39.16 in 344 games and 318 innings, with 12 hundreds, 83 fifties, and a highest score of 153.
Rohit also overtook legendary Sachin Tendulkar
Additionally, Rohit became the second-highest run scorer for India as an opener in international cricket, surpassing the great Sachin Tendulkar. He has amassed 15,404 runs at an average of 45.43 in 343 games, with 79 fifties and 44 hundreds. 264 is his highest score.
However, in 346 games and 342 innings, Sachin has amassed 15,335 runs at an average of 48.07. His greatest score was 200*, and he has made 45 hundreds and 75 fifties. Virender Sehwag is India’s top opener with 15,758 runs at an average of 41.90 in 321 games and 388 innings, including 36 hundreds and 65 fifties. 319 is his highest score.
The four-wicket triumph in Cuttack was Rohit's 36th ODI win as captain
Rohit’s 36th ODI victory as captain came at Cuttack, where he won by four wickets. He now shares the third-highest number of victories as captain in the format with the great Viv Richards. With 39 ODI victories as captain, Virat, Ricky Ponting, and Clive Lloyd are tied for first place.
Rohit moved one step closer to surpassing Shahid Afridi, the former explosive all-rounder for Pakistan, in the men’s ODI format for the most sixes. Rohit struck seven maximums in his 119-run blitzkrieg, surpassing Chris Gayle’s 331-run mark. With 338 sixes in men’s ODIs, Rohit is in second place after his daring performance; only Afridi has more sixes (351).
