Rohit Sharma smashed a statement hundred for India, a first in eight months, as he set up a 237-run chase against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday. His long-time India teammate Virat Kohli also earned redemption from the twin ducks in Perth and Adelaide to become the most successful white-ball player ever, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar.
The 38-year-old Rohit cracked his 33rd ODI century off 105 deliveries and became only the 10th man in history to secure 50 international centuries. Besides his 12 tons in Test cricket, Rohit is still the joint-highest century-maker in the T20I format, which he retired from at the end of India’s victorious World Cup campaign in the Caribbean in July 2024.
Rohit and Virat Kohli brought up their 19th-century partnership in the format as they continued to break more records in the chase.
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Here is a run-down of the records broken by Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in the IND vs AUS Sydney ODI
- Most runs as India opener:Rohit surpassed Virender Sehwag’s run tally (15,758) to become the highest run-scorer among all Indian openers across formats in 11 fewer innings.
- Most hundreds as India opener: The Mumbaikar also equalled Sachin Tendulkar’s tally of 45 international centuries as an opener, the most for India. Only David Warner has struck more tons as an opener in international cricket (49).
- Most ODI hundreds vs Australia: Rohit also equalled Tendulkar for the most ODI centuries against Australia with his ninth century in only 49 innings.
Most 100s vs AUS in ODI: 9 – 𝗥𝗼𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮 (49 Inngs)*; 9 – Sachin Tendulkar (70 Inngs); 8 – Virat Kohli (51 Inngs)
- Second-oldest Indian to score ODI hundred: Aged 38 years and 178d days, Rohit is the second-oldest Indian to record an ODI hundred behind Tendulkar (38yrs 327d).
- Extends SENA dominance: Rohit racked up his 14th century in SENA countries, the most among all visiting ODI batters.
- RoKo partnership: Rohit and Kohli brought up their 19th ODI hundred-run partnership, the third-most in ODI history behind Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly (26), and Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara (20).
- Second-highest run-getter: Virat Kohli became the second-highest run-getter in ODI history, surpassing Sangakkara’s tally of 14,234 runs in 87 fewer innings.
