Rohit Sharma continued with his brilliance at the Chinnaswamy Stadium against Australia as he added another feather to his already illustrious cap. The Indian opener managed to slam his 29th ODI century, which was also his 8th against Australia.
Chasing a total of 286 runs, the Indian cricket team kickstarted the game with a bang. Rohit Sharma had to open with KL Rahul as Shikhar Dhawan got ruled out of the action having injured his shoulder during the last match.
The Hitman Sharma was at his best of the form as he was timing the ball sweetly early in the innings itself giving India a good start but slowly he started hitting some big shots, smashing the Australian bowlers to all the corners of the ground. Before KL Rahul was dismissed with an LBW by Ashton Agar, the duo added 69 runs together.
With Shikhar Dhawan not by his side, Rohit Sharma played the shots very responsibly. Rohit Sharma scored 119 runs off 128 balls smashing 8 fours and 6 sixes.
In the process, Rohit Sharma reached the 9000 run-mark in the ODI and became the third-fastest cricketer to do so. It took Rohit Sharma 217 innings to reach the milestone, while, it took 194 innings to reach the same milestone.
Twitterati were all praises for Rohit Sharma as he continued to hit the ball out of the park. From fans to cricketers everyone took to their twitter and showered praises for the vice-captain.
Here are the 10 best Tweets on Hitman Sharma’s performance in the final ODI :
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Some of my favourite combinations:
– Pizza and Coke
– Potato chips and ketchup
– Virat Kohli and Anushka
– PM Modi and Amit Shah
– Tom and Jerry
– Mom and Dad
– Bed and pillow
– Idli and sambar
– #RohitSharma and #CEAT bat— Harsh Goenka (@hvgoenka) January 19, 2020
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#Hitman #RohitSharma gets to his 29th ODI century (8th against Aus).. Classy, cool and composed ?? The Numero Uno #INDvAUS
— Kaushik LM (@LMKMovieManiac) January 19, 2020
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Rohit Sharma in ODI cricket:
January 2013: 2000 runs in 82 inns (The then 3rd slowest Indian)
January 2020: 9000 runs in 217 inns (The 3rd fastest in the World)#INDvAUS
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) January 19, 2020
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No jumping , No drama ,No big celebrations . It’s just another day for @ImRo45 ! At least give us a smile 🙂 Love the casualness : #INDvAUS
— Vikram Sathaye (@vikramsathaye) January 19, 2020
5.
Rohit Sharma just loves playing against Australia. And he doesn’t mind playing at the Chinnaswamy Stadium either!
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) January 19, 2020
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#Hitman #RohitSharma gets to his 29th ODI century (8th against Aus).. Classy, cool and composed ?? The Numero Uno #INDvAUS
— Kaushik LM (@LMKMovieManiac) January 19, 2020
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From watching Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid for almost two decades to now watching Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Consider myself lucky and blessed ?
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) January 19, 2020
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Rohit Sharma became the first Indian batsman to score century in this new decade. @ImRo45 .? #INDvsAUS
— ANSHUMAN? (@AvengerReturns) January 19, 2020
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Superb century from Rohit. Has been India’s anchor this chase. Hardly any fuss once he got there. Just a gentle raise of the bat. #INDvsAUS
— Kritika Naidu (@Kritzika) January 19, 2020
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My gosh, Rohit Sharma tearing it up again; 100 out of 154?.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) January 19, 2020
