India opener Rohit Sharma smashed his sixth hundred on Day 1 of the ongoing third Test against South Africa in Ranchi on Saturday.
Rohit equaled former captains MAK Pataudi and MS Dhoni on the list of most hundreds in Test cricket by India batsmen. While MSD scored six tons in 90 Tests, Rohit reached the landmark in just his 30th Test.
With the 3rd hundred of the ongoing series, Rohit also became the second Indian opener after batting great Sunil Gavaskar to score three or more Test hundreds in a series.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Pause at 0.03. Take a screenshot. Get yourself a new wallpaper 😉 https://t.co/jd6vxHfovV
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) October 19, 2019
Reasons we love RoHIT Sharma
1. Consistency
2. Consistency
3. Consistency
50. Consistency
And now,
100. ConsistencyThe man brings up yet another century🙌#OneFamily #INDvSA #INDvsSA
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) October 19, 2019
ROHIT … 👀👀👀👀
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) October 19, 2019
What a joy to watch the class of #RohitSharma . 3rd century of the series and I would rate this as his best. pic.twitter.com/KZlxVb57p1
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) October 19, 2019
Gorgeous,simply gorgeous that from Rohit. 👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏#INDvSA
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) October 19, 2019
6th Test 💯✅
2000 Test runs ✅Hitman @ImRo45 👏 pic.twitter.com/3WRePPZp3k
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 19, 2019
Another 100 💪👌⭐️⭐️🏏…played some amazing shots keep it up shaana @ImRo45 @BCCI
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) October 19, 2019
Indians completing a Test hundred with a six on most occasions:
6 Sachin Tendulkar
2 Gautam Gambhir
2 Rohit Sharma#INDvSA— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) October 19, 2019
Another special one here from @ImRo45, well played hit man! Who gets to a 💯 with a six in Test cricket? #INDvSA
— Reema Malhotra (@ReemaMalhotra8) October 19, 2019
Now this 💯 is for the sceptics @ImRo45
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) October 19, 2019
Most 100s at home without scoring one away
8 Mominul Haque
6 Rohit Sharma *
5 FS Jackson/ C Borde
4 Joe Hardstaff jr/ A Ranatunga/ R Mahanama/ G Whittall/ A Markram#INDvSA— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) October 19, 2019
Rohit Sharma brings up hundred with a six from 130 balls including 13 fours and 4 sixes. This is the third century for Rohit as a test opener in four innings.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) October 19, 2019
Most 100s in ICC World Cup:
6 Rohit Sharma/Sachin
Most 100s in ICC championship:
3 Rohit Sharma/Steve Smith
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) October 19, 2019
