RG Sharma : TWO consecutive hundred

With the 100 against Sri Lanka on 30.05.2010 in the ongoing tri series in Zimbabwe Rohit Sharma became only fifth Indian player to score two consecutive hundreds in One Day International. RG Sharma scored 114 against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on 28.05.2010 and now scored 101 not out against Sri Lanka on Sunday.
The other Indians to score two consecutive centuries in ODI are … SR Tendulkar (22.04.1998 to 24.04.1998), RS Dravid (23.05.1999 to 26.05.1999), SC Ganguly (13.10.2000 to 15.10.2000), VVS Laxman (22.01.2004 to 24.01.2004) and Yuvraj Singh (14.11.2008 to 17.11.2008).
This was the 64th instance when a batsman scored two back to back hundreds in One Day International history. Pakistan’s Saeed Anwar has the distinction to score two hundred in two match for 4 times. While Sanath Jayasuriya, BC Lara and CH Gayle have done it in three separate occasions.

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Fifty hundred in a losing cause

Rohit Sharma’s 114 in the game against Zimbabwe on 28.05.2010 was in a losing cause providing the 50th occasion of an Indian batsman’s hundred going in vain in one day internationals. Thus India became the only team in the one day history to have 50 hundreds in a losing cause.
Sachin Tendulkar, naturally, is on top with 12 hundred for losing cause while four hundred each scored by Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly when India lost a One Day match. There are 21 players involved in losing cause by scoring hundred. 3-each by Ravi Shastri, Yuvraj Singh and Asharuddin, 2-each by Gautam Gambhir, K Srikkanth, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar and VVS Laxman and one-each by Raman Lamba, MS Dhoni, Mohinder Amarnath, Suresh Raina, NS Sidhu, Vinod Kambli, Virender Sehwag, Sanjay Manjrekar, Dilip Vengasarkar, Hemang Badani and Rohit Sharma.
Rohit Sharma’s was the 22nd instance when a batsman scored maiden century in India’s losing cause.
And above all… Vinod Kambli scored his maiden hundred on his 21st birthday and India lost the match against England by 4 wickets at Jaipur on 18 January 1993

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Fastest fifties in ODI

West Indies No. 9 batsman DJ Sammy scored his fifty off only 20 balls here is the list of fastest half centuries in One Day International history.

Balls, Batsmen, Team, Vs, At, ON
17, ST Jayasuriya, SL, Pak, Singapore, 07.04.1996
18, SP O’Donnell, Aus, SL, Sharjah, 02.05.1990
18, Shahid Afridi, Pak, SL, Nairobi, 04.10.1996
18, Shahid Afridi, Pak, Net, Colombo, 21.09.2002
19, MV Boucher, SAF, Ken, Cape Town, 22.10.2002
19, JM Kemp, SAF, ZIM, Durban, 27.02.2005
19, BB McCullum, NZ, Ban, Queenstown, 31.12.2007
19, Ross Taylor, NZ. Ire, Aberdeen, 01.07.2008
19, DJ Hussey, Aus, WI, St Kitts, 06.07.2008
20, Shahid Afridi, Pak, Ind, Kanpur, 15.04.2005
20, Shahid Afridi, Pak, SAF, Durban, 07.02.2007
20, BB McCullum, NZ, Can, St Lucia, 22.03.2007
20, DJ Sammy, WI, SAF, North Sound, 24.05.2010

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