India opener Rohit Sharma has made it a habit to make it big when he’s in the zone. The Mumbaikar, who has been a revelation at the top of the order, ever since the Champions Trophy campaign in 2013 in the British shores, has gone on to make plenty of runs in the One Day International format.
In the past two series, Rohit has scored three centuries – two against Sri Lanka and one against Australia – and two of them were scores of 120-plus.
His form of late has been special because of the circumstances – a comeback from surgery. Returning to the India side after a prolonged absence due to injury, pressure was on Rohit to hit the ground running, considering the mounting competition.
The Mumbai-lad, though, has more or less sealed his place in the India playing XI, with the mountain of runs under his belt in the limited-overs format. Not only has Rohit been consistent, he has made a habit of notching up big hundreds when representing India in ODIs. And of course, he’s the only cricketer to make two double centuries in this format.
Here’s the graphic that proves it.
Out of his 14 centuries, Sharma has managed to surpass the 120-run mark 11 times. It is only natural, that the marauding batsman should also hold the record for the highest individual score in ODIs - 264 (against Sri Lanka in 2014) and also the only batsman to score two double hundreds. When he gets going, he makes it count.
*Note: Article updated with statistics after the India vs Australia series.
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