New Delhi: Indian players have set more than one record in the world of cricket. It is said that records are made only to be broken, but there is also a player of the Indian cricket team whose records have not been broken till date. Yes, we are talking about Rohit Sharma.
Recently, Rohit Sharma has been given the captaincy of the Indian team in the limited overs format in place of Virat Kohli. He has made many big records in the limited overs format with his bat, which have not been broken yet.
fastest century
Let us tell you that Rohit Sharma is the first batsman to score a double century three times in ODIs. Apart from this, he also jointly scored the world’s fastest century in T20 International (Rohit Sharma Fasted Century).
Rohit Sharma created history four years ago
This record was made by Rohit against Sri Lanka exactly four years ago i.e. on 22 December 2017. He scored a century in just 35 balls. In this match, Rohit Sharma scored 118 runs in 43 balls, which included 10 sixes and 12 fours.
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The player to score the world’s first fastest century as a captain
Let us tell you that in this match, Rohit Sharma was also made the captain of the team. Due to which he became the first player in the world, who has scored the fastest century in T20 International as a captain. Apart from him, no captain has scored such a fast century.
Apart from Rohit Sharma, 2 other batsmen made this record
The record for the fastest century in T20 International was first set by David Miller of South Africa on 29 October 2017. Where he scored a century in just 35 balls. About two months later, Rohit Sharma equaled David Milan by scoring a century on the same ball.
This series did not stop even after this, after almost two years on 30 August 2019, once again Czech Republic player Sudesh Wickremesekara equalized both the batsmen by scoring a century off 35 balls. So far, three batsmen have jointly become the fastest player in T20 Internationals, although no one has been able to break this record as of now.