Rohit Sharma put behind his horror run in Test cricket with a much-needed century in the second ODI against England at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack on Sunday, February 9. Rohit had a poor run in Test cricket in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with 31 runs in three matches as the pressure mounted on him.
With the change of format, Rohit has stormed back into form in international cricket in the second match. He was dismissed for just two in the first match but slammed his 32nd ODI ton in the second match. With this, Rohit has surpassed Rahul Dravid in a major record list in international cricket.
Rohit has gone past Dravid in the list of players with the most international tons. This was Rohit's 49th century across three formats, which takes him past Dravid. He now has the third most tons by an Indian batter in international cricket, behind Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli.
Most centuries in international cricket by Indians:
1 - Sachin Tendulkar: 100 centuries in 664 matches
2 - Virat Kohli: 81 centuries in 543 matches
3 - Rohit Sharma: 49 centuries in 493 matches
4 - Rahul Dravid: 48 centuries in 509 matches
5 - Virender Sehwag: 38 centuries in 374 matches
The Indian skipper has also gone past Dravid in another record. He overtook the former India batter in the list of players with the most runs in ODI cricket. Dravid had 10889 runs from 344 matches. Rohit needed 22 runs to go past Dravid and did so with ease during the initial part of the run-chase.
Most runs in ODIs by Indians:
1 - Sachin Tendulkar: 18426 runs in 463 matches
2 - Virat Kohli: 13911 runs in 296 matches
3 - Sourav Ganguly: 11363 runs in 311 matches
4 - Rohit Sharma: 10987 runs in 267 matches
5 - Rahul Dravid: 10889 runs in 344 matches
England had set a competitive 305-run target against India in the second ODI. Half-centuries from Ben Duckett and Joe Root and a 41-run knock from Liam Livingstone were instrumental in the Three Lions crossing 300 against the Men in Blue.