TIL Desk Sports/ Opener Rohit Sharma was the chief architect of India’s series-clinching victory over South Africa at Port Elizabeth. He ended his prolonged bad patch with a fine hundred, as India scored a respectable 274 for 7 after being put in to bat.
His 115 off 126 balls was his first century on South African soil and came after failures in the earlier matches in the series, having aggregated just 40 runs before the fifth ODI.
On Tuesday, the highlight of the Indian innings though was Rohit’s century, his 17th overall and 15th as opener. He is now third behind Sachin Tendulkar (45 out of 49) and Sourav Ganguly (19 out of 22) with most centuries as opener.
After being criticised for his poor show in the series and a pitiable average of 11.45 in 12 ODIs (in SA), with a highest score of only 23, Rohit finally played an innings of substance; it was studded with 11 boundaries and four sixes. Indeed, the hundred came at a crucial juncture for him, after drawing flak for his indifferent run so far. The right-hander improved a rather pitiful record in South Africa with his 17th ODI ton.
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