Twitter Reactions: Rohit Sharma slams consecutive centuries against the struggling Sri Lankans
Rohit Sharma now has 13 centuries to his name as far as One Day Internationals are concerned.
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After playing a gorgeous knock of 124 runs in the 3rd ODI, Indian opener Rohit Sharma followed it up with another world class century in the 4th 50-over clash of the series. After falling victim to run out in the inaugural ODI, the ‘Hitman’ of Indian cricket stormed back to form like a tracer bullet. While his previous hundred came under immense pressure, today’s knock was a relaxed one skipper Virat Kohli dominated the proceedings at the other end.
Providing support to Kohli:
However, Sharma was exquisite in playing the supporting act and provided a cushion for the Indian skipper as he carried on the onslaught. Kohli brought up his hundred at a thunderous speed while Sharma was calm and composed in his approach. It took 85 balls for Sharma to reach the hundred run mark which included 3 towering maximums and 11 boundaries.
Rohit Sharma now has 13 centuries to his name as far as One Day Internationals are concerned. The partnership between Sharma and Kohli put on a gigantic 219 runs between them which paved the way for a colossal total. However, the batsman could not continue for long after cruising past the 100 run mark as he fell victim to an Angelo Mathews delivery at the score of 104 runs.
The two back to back centuries from the right handed batsman gives us a clear identification of his enormous talent. There was a lot of doubt over the opening combination for India in the ODIs with competition coming from the consistent KL Rahul. However, the team decided to stick to the successful duo of Sharma and Dhawan pushing Rahul to the number 4th spot. The decision was an absolute masterstroke as the duo continued their stellar form from the Champions Trophy in the series.
Here is how the Twitterati reacted to Rohit Sharma’s consecutive centuries at the island nation:
Rohit Sharma on a roll, consecutive hundreds for him. 200 on the cards? #SLvIND
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) August 31, 2017
Rohit Sharma's ODI centuries coming in less than 100 balls:
85 balls v Sri Lanka, Today
98 balls v South Africa, 2015#SLvIND— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) August 31, 2017
Indian players with consecutive centuries against Sri Lanka in ODIs:
Virat Kohli
Shikhar Dhawan
ROHIT SHARMA* #SLvIND— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) August 31, 2017
13th ODI ton for Rohit Sharma #SLvIND
Scoring back-to-back ODI 100s most times for India
4 Kohli
3 Rohit pic.twitter.com/0OMMh0pWtI— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) August 31, 2017
Three double century stands between a pair in ODIs:
Sachin / Ganguly
Gambhir / Kohli
Jayawardene / Tharanga
ROHIT / KOHLI#SLvIND— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) August 31, 2017
This is third time Rohit Sharma scored two back to back centuries in ODI Cricket…
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) August 31, 2017
Another ton for the Hitman Rohit Sharma. #SLvIND
— Rajiv (@skrajiv) August 31, 2017
@ImRo45 smashed 13th ODI 100 & @imVkohli 29th ODI 100.#SLvIND #RohitSharma #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/9WfmBxKwaF
— RapidLeaks (@RapidLeaksIndia) August 31, 2017
13th ODI ton for Rohit Sharma #SLvIND Scoring back-to-back ODI 100s most times for India @ImRo45 @imVkohli
— Vinay Kumar (@Vinay_Kumar24) August 31, 2017
Congratulations @ImRo45
4 th ODI Century for Hitman.
Well played #RohitSharma.#INDvSL pic.twitter.com/bFmpGhFuuq— Mitu Rohit classy (@MituRohit2) August 31, 2017
13th ODI ton for Rohit Sharma #SLvIND
Scoring back-to-back ODI 100s most times for India
4 by #ViratKohli
3 by #RohitSharma #dekkho— dekkho (@mydekkho) August 31, 2017
@ImRo45 scores his 13th century.#India-258/2 in 33.4 overs vs Sri Lanka at Colombo.#RohitSharma @imVkohli @BCCI @OfficialSLC #IndvsSL
— $Heenu $h@rm@ (@20Sheenu) August 31, 2017
What a match awesome batting The HitMan @ImRo45 Well played Best of luck for continue Ur battings &Hittings Love you #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/vlH24CsVcm
— Ramakrishnan (@DhanushRam45) August 31, 2017
#IndvsSL #RohitSharma
Back to back ton from Rohit Sharma & 29th Century for #ViratKohli
This is how Captain& V.Captain delivers his best? pic.twitter.com/VqLe6J2dic— Rohit Bharath ? (@RoBharath) August 31, 2017
13th ODI ? for #RohitSharma!?
Back to back hundreds for #Hitman!?
Hitman scores 104 of just 88 balls?#SLvIND #Viratkohli #MSD300 #IndvsSL pic.twitter.com/d5b7Q7IUyI— Rohit sharma fans (@RO45fans) August 31, 2017
2 Consecutive Hundreds For Rohit Sharma !
13th ODI Century for @ImRo45 #RohitSharma #Hitman#SLvIND #INDvSL #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/Ulv3kDzxT8— Gouse Shaik (@urstrulyGouse) August 31, 2017
#RohitSharma ???
13th ODI Century for #HITMAN#SLvIND pic.twitter.com/CydCGd0A4y— Thyview (@Thyview) August 31, 2017
What #Hardikpandya has done here is, he put breaks on #RohitSharma 's flow! Bullshit!Grow up kid, give the strike to best man! #IndvsSL
— RoKing (@Daaammmmmnnn) August 31, 2017
#RohitSharma #Legend what a inning ro pic.twitter.com/VaLlvtITV7
— anant sanjay pawar (@anantspawar) August 31, 2017
Hitman haters के पास अब दो ही विकल्प है या तो fan बन जाए या TV फोड ले ??#Rohitsharma #IndvsSL
— Akki baba (@akkkiibaba) August 31, 2017
@ImRo45 13th ODI Century#RohitSharma #SLvIND ? pic.twitter.com/afyyNsUWIz
— Gouse Shaik (@urstrulyGouse) August 31, 2017
2 Minutes of slience for the people who criticise #RohitSharma for bad avg before bilateral series #IndvsSL pic.twitter.com/07qQg9lRzu
— Mayank (Petrol++) (@Mayankaryan084) August 31, 2017
We are lucky to witness legendary of Rohit Sharma . He is way ahead of every players of his generation #IndvsSL #RohitSharma #ViratKohli
— Sawan Choudhary (@Imsawankumar) August 31, 2017
One more classy knock #Hitman #RohitSharma .. Back to back 100's from @imro45
#IndvsSL #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/St4Lp9n6qF— jagadeepvaitla (@SuryaJagadeepV) August 31, 2017
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