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With the assistance of 12 fours and seven sixes, Rohit Sharma scored 119 runs from 90 balls within the second ODI against England, which was played at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack.
Rohit Sharma scored 119 runs from 90 balls within the 2nd ODI against England. (Picture Credit: Screengrab, AP)
Indian captain Rohit Sharma was on fire against England on Sunday (February 9). In the course of the second ODI of the continuing three-match series played at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, the right-handed batter hammered 119 runs from 90 balls with the assistance of 12 fours and seven sixes. The 37-year-old added 136 runs for the primary wicket with Shubman Gill (60) and 70 for the third wicket with Shreyas Iyer (44). For his superb show with the bat, the Indian captain won the Player of the Match award as well.
Rohit was horribly off form for quite a while, but along with his knock on Sunday, he silenced his critics. Rohit looked comfortable during his stay on the crease within the second ODI and hit sixes for fun. Rohit’s thirty second ODI century for India brought immense joy not only to his fans but additionally to his teammates.
India’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav took to Instagram stories to share a video of Rohit celebrating his century and captioned it, “Good things occur to good people. God is great.”
Rohit’s wife, Ritika Sajdeh, reposted BCCI’s Instagram post congratulating him on crossing the triple-figure mark on her stories and captioned it, “This one hit straight here.”
Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Tilak Varma, Shikhar Dhawan, and Aakash Madhwal also took to Instagram to provide a special mention to Rohit after his sensible show with the bat.
Meanwhile, former Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh posted a tweet wherein he praised Rohit’s knock.
“And he’s back with a bang! Cannot keep the hitman quiet for long cracker of an innings with the bat doing all of the talking 100 @ImRo45 #INDvsENGODI #IndVSEng,” Yuvraj tweeted.
Rohit crossed the triple-figure mark with a six on the 76th ball of his innings. The primary of the seven sixes on Sunday also helped Rohit break Chris Gayle’s record of 331 sixes in ODIs and move to the No. 2 position within the list of batters with essentially the most sixes within the 50-over format of the sport.
India’s win over England within the second ODI at Barabati Stadium also helped Rohit break Sourav Ganguly’s record of 97 wins as India captain in international cricket and turn into the fourth most successful skipper for Men in Blue.
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Cuttack, India, India
