The fifth ODI which saw India seal the series with a 73 run win also saw some great records being rewritten. Virat Kohli and his men have scripted history by becoming the first Indian team to win a series in South Africa.
Wishes are pouring in for team India as they decimated the Proteas on their own soil. But besides history being recreated with a series win, there were also some records which got modified after the 5th ODI between India and South Africa came to an end.
Here are the records made by Rohit Sharma and Dhoni in the 5th ODI.
Rohit Sharma Gets A Handsome Record To His Name
Rohit Sharma now holds the record for most sixes in a season in international cricket. He has gone past Martin Guptill’s tally of 56 sixes in 2015-2016. This came yesterday as Rohit Sharma returned to form with a blistering ton.
Rohit Sharma also went past Kohli’s score of 87 which was the highest by an Indian batsman so far at this venue. Rohit played a fine knock of 115 runs and smashed his 17th ODI ton.
Rohit Sharma has been in troubled waters ever since the tour of South Africa started. After a poor run of form in the test series, things only worsened for him in the ongoing ODI series but the 5th ODI brought him a great relief. Rohit Sharma was finally amongst runs and Port Elizabeth turned out to be generous for him.
Dhoni completes 500 dismissal
MS Dhoni with a catch and a stumping each in the 5th game became the first Indian wicketkeeper to reach 500 List A dismissals. He’s only the 8th wicketkeeper in world cricket to do so.
