Rohit Sharma ODI Centuries

In 224 ODI matches, Rohit Sharma has scored 9115 runs at an average of 49.27 with 29 centuries and 43 half-centuries. He is hot on the heels of Virat Kohli who has 43 ODI centuries and by the end of his career, could set a record for most ODI centuries, getting ahead of both Kohli and Tendulkar.

ODI Centuries by Rohit Sharma

Sharma made his ODI debut against Ireland in 2007. He had to wait for three years to get his first ton in ODIs which happened against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo in May 2010. In that innings, he scored 114 with a strike rate of 95.79, in a game that India lost. In the same month at the same venue, Rohit got his next ODI hundred, this time against Sri Lanka, in a match won by India, 101 not out with a strike rate of 101.00. He again had to wait for three more years before he got his next three-figure knock in ODIs.

A World Record

In October 2013, Sharma scored an unbeaten 141 against Australia at Jaipur, helping India to register a win against their traditional rivals. A month later, he became the third Indian batsman to score a double century in ODIs, making 209 against Australia at Bengaluru, in another game won by India. A year later, in November 2014, Sharma hit a match-winning world record ODI score of 264 against Sri Lanka at Kolkata. A couple of months later, in January 2015, Rohit made 138 against Australia at Melbourne. Unfortunately, it came in a lost cause. In March 2015 at the same venue, he made 137 against Bangladesh, this time in a match that India won. Then came a big innings of 150 against South Africa, at Kanpur, in another lost game. In January 2016, He made 171 not out against Australia at Perth, yet another ton in a match that India failed to win. He followed up that innings with 124 at the Gabba in Brisbane in one more lost encounter.

The Match-Winning Habit

Sharma had to wait more than a year for the next ton that he got in June 2017 when he scored a match-winning 123 not out against Bangladesh at Birmingham during the Champions League held in England. A couple of months later, in August 2017, he scored match-winning centuries against Sri Lanka when he made 124 not out at Pallekele and followed it up with a 104 at Colombo. In October 2017, an innings of 125 against Australia at Nagpur was a few days later followed by a knock of 147 against New Zealand in Kanpur, both innings helping India to win. Then came December 2017 heralding another world record for Rohit Sharma who smashed a match-winning 208 not out against Sri Lanka at Mohali to become the only batsman in cricket history to register three double centuries. Then came a match-winning 115 against South Africa at Port Elizabeth in February 2018. Sharma’s penchant for big scores was evident in his 137 not out to help India beat England at Nottingham in July 2018. Then came an innings that would have had former English umpire Dicky Bird hopping, 111 not out against Pakistan at Dubai to log another win for India. The West Indies came visiting in October 2018 and it was the perfect cue for Sharma to help himself to two more ODI centuries. The first one scored at Guwahati fetched him 152 unbeaten runs, while the second one made at Mumbai brought him 10 more runs, a 162 that enabled India to notch up one more win.