Rohit Sharma gave Indore crowd the perfect Friday evening, putting on a scintillating batting display with a joint-fastest T20I century - off 35 balls - before finishing on 118 in 43 deliveries. It was an innings that propelled India to their highest T20I score as well as the joint second-highest in the format - 260.
INDIA VS SRI LANKA, 2017
Rohit Sharma first Indian to smash two T20I hundreds
Rohit Sharma smashed 10 sixes in his exceptional knock © AFP
Here's a stats highlights from the superlative innings:
118 by Rohit is the highest individual score for India in T20Is, surpassing the unbeaten 110 by KL Rahul against Windies in Lauderhill last year. He became the first Indian player and fifth overall to score two centuries in T20Is after Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum, Ewin Lewis and Colin Munro.
Highest individual scores in T20Is for India
| Player | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | Against | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma | 118 | 43 | 12 | 10 | SL | Indore | 22 Dec 17 |
| KL Rahul | 110* | 51 | 12 | 5 | WI | Lauderhill | 27 Aug 16 |
| Rohit Sharma | 106 | 66 | 12 | 5 | SA | Dharamsala | 2 Oct 15 |
| Suresh Raina | 101 | 60 | 9 | 5 | SA | Gros Islet | 2 May 10 |
| Virat Kohli | 90* | 55 | 9 | 2 | Aus | Adelaide | 26 Jan 16 |
| Virat Kohli | 89* | 47 | 11 | 1 | WI | Mumbai | 31 Mar 16 |
| KL Rahul | 89 | 49 | 5 | 8 | SL | Indore | 22 Dec 17 |
35 Balls taken by Rohit to reach his hundred - the joint-fastest in T20 Internationals along with David Miller,
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