India captain Rohit Sharma on Sunday slammed his 32 ODI century, his first in the format since October 2023. Rohit achieved the milestone during the 2nd ODI against England at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. This was Rohit’s first century in any format since March last year, 338 days to be precise, while his last ODI ton came against Afghanistan at the ODI World Cup on October 11, 2023 (487 days). On Sunday, Rohit reached triple figures in 76 balls.
Rohit’s knock comes as a huge relief for India with the Champions Trophy set to get underway in exactly 10 days from now.
Chasing a big total of 305 runs, India openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill started off the innings with a positive intent.
Rohit started attacking the fast bowlers from the first over. Later on, Gill also joined the party. Before the stop of play, Rohit had scored an unbeaten 29 runs whereas Gill scored 17* runs.
