IND vs NZ third ODI: Rohit Sharma equals Ricky Ponting’s ODI file

IND vs NZ third ODI: Holkar Stadium, Indore has been witness to carnage, a surprising show of batting prowess by none apart from the Indian skipper Rohit Sharma. Lastly, he has ended up scoring his thirtieth worldwide ODI ton after a protracted haul of 1101 days. His final ODI century got here in opposition to Australia on January 19, 2020, in Bangalore and since then, Rohit has been bereft of his much-awaited thirtieth worldwide ton.

Apparently, Rohit all the time appeared in nice contact this 12 months, however he all the time didn’t convert them to an enormous rating. He all the time knew that there was an enormous rating across the nook and he has lastly breached that landmark. That is skipper Sharma’s thirtieth ODI ton and he has now equalled former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting’s file of 30 ODI tons. As of now, Rohit is simply behind his compatriots Virat Kohli (46 ODI centuries) and Sachin Tendulkar (49 ODI centuries). Rohit Sharma additionally holds the file for the best particular person rating made by any batter within the 50-over format. Rohit scored 264 in opposition to Sri Lanka within the 12 months 2014 and since then, every time he scores a century, there may be all the time an expectation that he’ll go on and rating a double century. 

Rohit scored a stellar 100 off 83 deliveries. He scored at a strike charge of 120.5 and scored freely throughout the park with all his would possibly. The Indian skipper hit 9 boundaries and 6 sixes. Earlier than this Rohit struggled to transform his fifties into a whole lot however at present he got here out with some intent and he made the Kiwi bowlers pay.

India XI: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umran Malik

New Zealand XI: Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w/c), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner, Lockie Ferguson, Jacob Duffy, Blair Tickner 

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