India opener Rohit Sharma smashed his sixth hundred on Day 1 of theꦿ ongoing third T𝄹est against South Africa in Ranchi on Saturday.
Rohit equaled former captains MAK Pataudi and MS Dhoni on the list of most hundreds in Test cricket by India batsmen. While MSD scored six tons in 90 Tests, Rohit reache💎d the landmark in j𝓰ust his 30th Test.
With the 3rd hundred of the ongoing ser💛ies, Rohit also became the second Indian opener after batting great Sunil Gavaskar to score t꧅hree or more Test hundreds in a series.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Pause 𝔉at 0.03. 🉐Take a screenshot. Get yourself a new wallpaper 😉
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
Reasons we love RoHIT Sharma
1. Consistency
2. Consistency
3. Consistency
50. Consistency
And now,
100. ConsistencyThe man brings up yet another century🙌
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
ROHIT … 👀👀👀👀
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
What a joy to watch the class of . 3rd century of the series and I would r💞ate this as his best.
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Gorgeous,simply gorgeous that from Rohit. 👏👏👏�꧙�🙏🙏
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar)
6th Test 💯✅
2000 Test runs ✅Hitman 👏
— BCCI (@BCCI)
Another 100 💪👌⭐️⭐️🏏…played some amazing shots keep it up shaana
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Indians completing a Test hundred with a six on most occasions:
6 Sachin Tendulkar
2 Gautam Gambhir
2 Rohit Sharma— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket)
Another special one here from , well 🐓played hit man! Who gets to a 💯 with a six in Test cricket?
— Reema Malhotra (@ReemaMalhotra8)
Now this 💯 is for the sceptics
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
Most 100s at home without scoring one away
8 Mominul Haque
6 Rohit Sharma *
5 FS Jackson/ C Borde
4 Joe Ha♉rdstaff jr/ A Ranatunga/ R Mahanama/ G Whittall/ A Markram— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks)
Rohit Sharma brings up hundred with a six from 130 balls including 13 fours and 4 sﷺixes. This is the third century for Rohit as🔥 a test opener in four innings.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Most 100s in ICC World Cup:
6 Rohit Sharma/Sachin
Most 100s in ICC championship:
3 Rohit Sharma/Steve Smith
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket)
