Rohit Sharma became the first Indian captain to score a century in all three formats of the game

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Indian captain Rohit Sharma has become the first Indian captain to score a century in all three formats of cricket.

An overview of the news:

  • Rohit achieved this feat by playing an innings of 120 runs on the second day of the first test of the series being played in Nagpur against Australia.

  • At the international level, three captains have achieved this feat before Rohit, including former Sri Lankan captain Tillakaratne Dilshan, former South African captain Faf du Plessis and Pakistan captain Babar Azam.

  • This is Rohit Sharma's 9th century in Test cricket.

  • Rohit has scored three centuries as captain in ODIs and two in T20s. While Rohit has scored a total of 30 centuries in ODI cricket and 4 centuries in T20.

Records of Rohit Sharma:

  • The player who scored the most runs (264) in a match in One Day International cricket is

  • He is the only batsman to have scored three double hundreds in ODI history.

  • Rohit is the player with the most centuries (5) in a single World Cup (2019).

  • Rohit is the player to hit most sixes (16) in a match.

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