Twitter hails Rohit Sharma for his captain's knock in Mohali ODI

Team India were down and out in Dharamsala. Some exceptional bowling from Sri Lanka, combined with the assistance from the track saw the mighty Indian lineup fall apart like ten pins. It was a disastrous start for Rohit Sharma as the captain of the Indian team. The stand-in skipper had a tough time in the match with the bat too, and could only muster 2 runs.

But as the adage goes, when the going gets tough, the tough gets going. The venue changed and the action moved to Mohali for the second ODI. It is a do or die game for the Indian side. A defeat in the match would mean the series all gone. Amidst this backdrop, Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan walked in to open the innings for India.

There was a little to offer for the seamers up front and no wonder why Sri Lanka opted to bowl first after winning the toss. The Indian openers did really well to play out the new ball, as was not the case in the previous game. Both Rohit and Dhawan showed great character to notch up a century run stand.

The fans absolutely loved the way the Indian team bounced back after the debacle in Dharamsala. Rohit Sharma, in particular, received some serious praises for his effort with the bat. He hit a classy century against the islanders, the side who had faced his wrath en route his record shattering double ton as well.

Talking about the innings, it was a sluggish start for Rohit Sharma. Shikhar Dhawan was the aggressor in the partnership and Rohit nurdled around for singles. After a century stand that was worth 115 runs, Dhawan perished. Rohit then stepped on the accelerator to go great guns. It was only a matter of time that he reached the coveted milestone. Rohit reached the three figure mark in just 115 deliveries with 9 fours and a six.

Here is how the social media reacted to his knock:

Dear department of civil aviation, Kindly halt aircraft movement over Mohali. @ImRo45 Sharma ji ka beta is at it again. Regards, a responsible citizen of India. #IndvSL

— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) December 13, 2017

Rohit Sharma has scored century in every ODI series/tournament he played this year:

123* in CT
124* & 104 in SL
125 v Aus
147 v NZ
108* v SL#IndvSL

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 13, 2017

Virat Kohli:
1st ODI as captain – Got out for 2 v SL at Jamaica and India lost
2nd ODI as captain – Virat scored a ton & India won
Rohit Sharma:
1st ODI as captain – Got out for 2 v SL at Dharamsala and India lost
2nd ODI as captain: Rohit scored a ton. Will India win?#INDvSL

— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) December 13, 2017

16th ODI 100. 1st 100 as Indian captain. 114 ball 100 for Rohit, too slow for my liking. He better convert it to a massive 175. #IndvSL

— Srini Mama ? (@SriniMama16) December 13, 2017

Century for @ImRo45! It's his 16th in ODIs, the fifth against Sri Lanka, and his first as India captain! #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/U0w6m1bO4R

— ICC (@ICC) December 13, 2017

#TeamIndia– 2⃣3⃣7⃣/1
Rohit Sharma brings up his 1⃣6⃣th ODI ? while Shreyas, who brought up his maiden fifty is playing his natural, fluent game. #PlayBold #INDvSL

— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) December 13, 2017

#16 Another international HUNDRED FOR RO-HIT-MAN

Goes past Virender Sehwag's ODI 100s #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/yrWsK3lbuY

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) December 13, 2017

Most centuries by Indian openers in ODI cricket:

45 – Sachin Tendulkar
19 – Sourav Ganguly
14 – Virender Sehwag, ROHIT SHARMA*
11 – Shikhar Dhawan #INDvSL

— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) December 13, 2017

STATS ALERT: Rohit Sharma becomes first Indian cricketer to score a 100 after Virushka wedding. #FarziStats #IndvSL

— Silly Point ?‏ (@FarziCricketer) December 13, 2017

This is Rohit Sharma's 16th ODI century. Every time he scores a century, he makes sure it's a big one. His last 13 scores in ODIs after reaching the century have been:

147, 125, 104, 124*, 123*, 124, 171*, 150, 137, 138, 264, 209 and 141*.

— Cricout (@Cricout) December 13, 2017

Well played @ImRo45 first ton as skipper is always special. And 330 is on here. Yet again top two set the platform.
Good from Shreyas also.

— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) December 13, 2017

Kohli's first and second match as captain- 2, 102
Rohit- 2, 100* #INDvSL

— Cricking (@CricKingApp) December 13, 2017

Rohit Sharma gets to his 16th ODI ton, and first as skipper. A daddy knock it is, and what a treat, this. ?#INDvSL

— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) December 13, 2017

#in batsmen friendly conditions indians rediscover their batting form rohit hits 16th odi ton – 2nd odi vs lanka in mohali 243 for 1 in 39.4 overs

— V V Subrahmanyam (@hydvvs) December 13, 2017

Fewest ODIs to score maiden 100 as captain (India)
1 S Tendulkar
2 G Gambhir/ V Kohli/ ROHIT SHARMA
4 A Jadeja
5 M Azharuddin
6 S Ganguly#INDvSL

— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) December 13, 2017

Most ODI 100s for India:

49 Tendulkar
32 Kohli
22 Ganguly
16 ROHIT
15 Sehwag
14 Yuvraj#IndvSL

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 13, 2017

Most ODI 100s in a calendar year for India #INDvSL

9 S Tendulkar (1998)
7 S Ganguly (2000)
6 S Tendulkar (1996)/ R Dravid (1999)/ V Kohli (2017)/ ROHIT SHARMA* (2017)

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) December 13, 2017

Rohit Sharma 100(115) at 5.21 RPO

– First 50 in 65 balls at 4.61 RPO
– Second 50 in 50 balls at 6 RPO

But has to be noted that after 50, Rohit scored 41 runs in 34 balls at 7.24 RPO.

Scored the next 9 runs in 16 balls. Clear slowdown in the 90s.

— Clive (@vanillawallah) December 13, 2017

And now Iyer unleashing some serious hitting power… meanwhile another hundred for Rohit who continues his "Mr.Dependable" act in ODI cricket. #IndvSL

— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) December 13, 2017