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Most International Centuries: Indian cricket team’s hitman Rohit Sharma has once again created history with his bat. In the third and last ODI against Australia in Sydney, Rohit not only gave a respectable victory to Team India by scoring a brilliant century, but also completed his 50th century in international cricket. With this, he left behind Australia’s legendary batsman David Warner and made a place in the record book.
Rohit played an unbeaten inning of 121 runs in 125 balls, which included 13 fours and 3 sixes. This was the 33rd century of his ODI career and 50th century in all three formats combined. With this achievement, he has joined the special club of Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli, who have 50 or more international centuries in their names.
Rohit Sharma reached top-10
Rohit Sharma has now joined the top-10 batsmen who have scored the most centuries in international cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar – 100 centuries
Virat Kohli – 82 centuries
Ricky Ponting – 71 centuries
Kumar Sangakkara – 63 centuries
Jacques Kallis – 62 centuries
Joe Root – 58 centuries
Hashim Amla – 55 centuries
Mahela Jayawardene – 54 centuries
Brian Lara – 53 centuries
Rohit Sharma – 50 centuries
Warner has now slipped to 11th place with 49 centuries. Rohit has achieved this position in approximately 470 international matches.
India’s great victory
Talking about the match, India defeated Australia by 9 wickets in the third ODI. Batting first, the Australian team was reduced to 236 runs. For India, Harshit Rana bowled lethally and took 4 wickets.
India had a slow start while chasing the target, but after the dismissal of Shubman Gill, Rohit and Virat took over the innings. There was an unbeaten partnership of 168 runs between the two for the second wicket. Kohli scored 74 runs on 81 balls.
India won the match by scoring 239 runs losing 1 wicket in just 38.3 overs. However, Australia won the first two matches and won the series 2-1.