Rohit Sharma took everyone by surprise when he put up an Instagram story, announcing his retirement from Test cricket. This came at the time when all the rumours were swirling around his place in the Test team, with the fresh five-match Test series coming up next month. While the BCCI might not have liked to go in the new World Test Championship (WTC) cycle with Rohit, especially after a horrendous BGT in Australia, Rohit’s decision has now cleared up a massive dilemma.
Cricket 3 mins From middle-order misfit to opener supreme: Rohit Sharma’s Test legacy unlike any otherWhile the Hitman is considered one of the best players white-ball cricket has ever seen, we cannot say the same for his Test exploits. It was a topsy-turvy ride with Rohit Sharma’s Test career. He first started as a middle-order misfit before being the best Test opener for a brief period of time. However, an imperfect end to his red-ball career dropped his average around 40.
Rohit Sharma Test career stats
4s/6s: 473/88 Matches: 67 Innings: 116 Runs: 4301 Debut: 2013 vs West Indies Avg: 40.57 100/50: 12/18The unique Test record by Rohit Sharma
Rohit’s Test career came three years later than it was supposed to happen. An injury sidelined him in 2010 before Sachin Tendulkar handed Rohit his Test cap in what was Master Blaster’s last international assignment. While Rohit remains at 16th in the list of most Test runs for India, he holds a massive record that might not see anyone break in Test history!
Yes, you heard it right. The Hitman has an eerie achievement to his name and stands miles ahead of his peers. We are talking about most Test hundreds in a career, where all of them have come in wins! In his span of 67 Tests, Rohit clubbed 12 Test hundreds, and terrifically, India won on all 12 occasions.
It all started in his debut series only, where Rohit hit a 177 on his debut followed by another ton at Wankhede Stadium against the West Indies in 2013. Then, after a long wait of four years, a Nagpur hundred against Sri Lanka saw India win by an innings and 239 runs. Fast forward to 2019, Rohit switched as an opener and saw the best period of his Test career go live.
Twin hundreds in Vizag against South Africa were followed by a humongous double hundred (212) in the same series. Then in 2021, Rohit hit two of his all-time greatest hundreds. On a raging turner in Chennai, Rohit mustered a 161 against England. The Poms were at the receiving end once again, this time at the Oval, where Rohit hit 127. His last four centuries (120 vs AUS, 103 vs WI, 131 vs ENG & 103 vs ENG) also came in winning causes.
Most Test hundreds in career, with all coming in wins ft. Rohit Sharma
PlayerCountryCenturiesRohit SharmaIndia12Warwick ArmstrongAustralia6Darren LehmannAustralia5Mayank AgarwalIndia4Joe BurnsAustralia4Mike DennessEngland4Yashasvi JaiswalIndia4Kyle VerreyneSouth Africa4Credit @kaustatsAs seen above on the table, Rohit Sharma stands quite high on the list with 12 hundreds. The rest are either retired or far below Rohit’s tally. The likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Kyle Verreyne are going strong at the moment, but for them to go near Rohit, it will be almost impossible. It is simply because both of these players, especially Jaiswal, have a long career ahead. And you are bound to lose a match or even settle for a draw at least once.
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