IND vs AFG 3rd T20: Rohit Sharma first player to hit 5 centuries in T20Is

Rohit Sharma overtook Glenn Maxwell and Suryakumar Yadav in the list of players with the most centuries in T20 internationals

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma became the first player in history to score five centuries in T20 internationals. He smashed an unbeaten 121 against Afghanistan in the third and final match of the three-match series at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday, January 17. 

With this century, he overtook compatriot Suryakumar Yadav and Australia’s Glenn Maxwell in the race of most centuries in T20is. Both Surya and Maxwell have hit four centuries each in the shortest format of the game. 

Riding on his century, India managed to get over the whirlwind start where they had lost four quick wickets for just 22 runs and posted a mammoth 212-4 at the end of the innings. 

Rohit, who was coming on the back of two consecutive ducks in the previous two innings, reached his fifty in 41 balls, looking to build a partnership after the loss of the first four wickets. However, once he got past that milestone, it was difficult to stop the flow of runs from his bat. He reached his hundred in the next 22 balls only.

Top five centurions in T20 internationals

Player	Matches	Hundreds	Runs	Country
Rohit Sharma	151	5	3874	India
Glenn Maxwell	100	4	2275	Australia
Suryakumar Yadav	60	4	2141	India
Babar Azam	107	3	366	Pakistan
Colin Munro	65	3	1724	New Zealand

Rohit has joined compatriot Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar as Indians lead the chart of batters with most centuries in each format of the game 

Format	Most Centuries	Number of Centuries
Test	Sachin Tendulkar	51
ODI	Virat Kohli	50
T20I	Rohit Sharma	5