Stand-in India skipper Rohit Sharma doesn’t stop scoring. He yet again entered the record books after notching up his second T20I century against Sri Lanka on Friday.
With this feat, he became the joint-fastest centurion equalling South African batsman David Miller’s record. Both batsmen took 35 balls to reach their respective centuries.
Weeks after scoring his third double hundred in ODIs, Rohit continued his dominance with the bat in the limited-overs format. Rohit hit a mind-boggling 11 fours and 8 sixes in the run-up to his century.
It appears Rohit loves batting against the Lankans and his records against the island nation is a testament to this fact.
Here’s a look at the quickest T20I hundreds:
35 balls - Rohit Sharma and David Miller
45 balls - Richard Levi
46 balls - Faf du Plessis and KL Rahul
47 Balls - Aaron Finch/Chris Gayle
Rohit, however, was dismissed for 118 runs off only 43 runs. He hit 12 fours and 10 sixes to reach his 118 at an astonishing batting strike-rate of 274.42.
He was foxed by Sri Lanka’s Dushmantha Chameera’s slower delivery and was caught by Akila Dananjaya.
NDTV
