Rohit Sharma hits his 15th ODI century, Twitter celebrates
Rohit Sharma brought in his 15th ODI century in the third and final ODI against New Zealand in Kanpur on Sunday. He became the second batsman after Virat Kohli to ring in five centuries in ODIs in 2017.
He reached this milestone off 106 balls. His power-packed innings was adorned by a total of 11 fours and 2 sixes. The Mumbai batsman also ticked off the 150 mark in sixes in ODIs. With a total of 15 hundreds, he is now behind Sachin Tendulkar (49), Saurav Ganguly (22) and Virat Kohli (31) when it comes to the highest number of centuries.
Twitter went into overdrive celebrating the spectacular knock of Sharma. Here are the best from the rest,
"Rohit sharma has already got 5 hundreds this year, why is he celebrating so much"
-Sanjay Manjrekar, Indian cricket's Mother in law.
— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) October 29, 2017
Reverse graph for Rohit Sharma jokes on Twitter from 2014-2017. pic.twitter.com/g9MCXNT00v
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) October 29, 2017
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli is on crease. Every indian be like ki bs run out mat hona #indvsnz #INDvNZ 3rd ODI At Green Park pic.twitter.com/NbfjtafpvR
— Troll (@sabtrolled) October 29, 2017
If today wasn't a Holiday (Sunday) Rohit Sharma wouldn't have crossed Rowdy Rathore – Akshay Kumar Fans #INDvNZ
— Bhagoda Canadian Deshbhakt (@FlopAkshayKumar) October 29, 2017
UNESCO declares Rohit Sharma as most talented batsman in the world.
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) October 29, 2017
Dedicated to Rohit Sharma's innings. #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/a05FAFNj8m
— Desi Devil (@iDesiDevil) October 29, 2017
One of the most pleasing sites in world cricket is to watch Rohit Sharma bat. Century No. 15 in ODI's. Well played @ImRo45 #indvsnz
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) October 29, 2017
A century by Rohit Sharma is always an occasion because there are few better looking batsmen than him in the game. This has been a treat.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 29, 2017
Rohit sharma fan after century.#RohitSharma #indvsnz pic.twitter.com/uvQ4WsC1ih
— Gulshan Laassi (@gulshanlassi) October 29, 2017
150 sixes in ODIs for Rohit Sharma. Only four other Indians have hit more!#IndvNZ
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) October 29, 2017