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On today in 2017 Rohit Sharma scored the joint-fastest T20I hundred, off 35 balls vs Sri Lanka.© BCCI/Twitter
Three years in the past on today, India opener Rohit Sharma smashed the joint-fastest hundred within the shortest format of the sport towards Sri Lanka. Rohit accomplished his century in simply 35 balls and performed an innings of 118 runs. His knock was studded with 12 fours and 10 sixes. Interestingly, South Africa batsman David Miller had additionally introduced up his hundred in 35 balls towards Bangladesh in Potchefstroom just a few weeks previous to Rohit’s milestone. Rohit guided the crew to an enormous whole of 260/5 after being requested to bat first on the Holkar Stadium in Indore. KL Rahul additionally performed a quickfire knock of 89 off 49 balls.
#OnThisDay in 2017, @ImRo45 smashed 12 fours and 10 sixes to attain the joint-fastest T20I #GroupIndia
Watch that sensational 43-ball 118-run knock from the Hitman
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 22, 2020
India then restricted the guests to 172 all out. Yuzvendra Chahal scalped 4 wickets whereas Kuldeep Yadav bagged three.
Swashbuckling batsman Rohit is second on the charts of main run-scorers within the historical past of T20Is with 2773 runs.
India skipper Virat Kohli has scored most runs within the shortest format (2928) of the sport whereas Martin Guptill of New Zealand is third on the listing with 2621 runs.
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Earlier within the month, Shikhar Dhawan grew to become India’s third-highest run-getter within the shortest format of the sport after surpassing former cricketers Suresh Raina and Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Dhawan has 1669 runs in T20Is and is just behind skipper Kohli and Rohit. KL Rahul is on the sixth spot within the main run-scorers’ listing for India with 1542 runs underneath his belt.
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