Rohit Sharma: From two consecutive centuries on Test debut to the most sixes, Rohit secretly made 10 big records..

Rohit Sharma has retired from Test cricket. He suddenly informed the world about this decision through an Instagram Story on Wednesday. His decision was shocking because earlier this year on the Australia tour, he denied speculations of retirement from Tests. After this, the team won the Champions Trophy under his captaincy. It seemed that everything was going normal, then Rohit dropped the bomb of retirement from Tests. Neither did he demand a farewell match, nor did he announce it through a press conference. India suffered a major setback with the retirement of two big cricketers in the last six months.

Before Rohit, Ravichandran Ashwin had retired. However, it is certain that from the England tour next month, the team will play under a new captain and go through a phase of change. Rohit was given the responsibility of Test captaincy in 2022. He was given this responsibility after Virat Kohli left the captaincy. Rohit also made many records in this format as a captain, as a player, and as an opener. He also scored a century on his Test debut. Also, he holds the record for hitting the second most sixes by an Indian in Tests. Let's take a look at some of his big and unheard records...

1. Rohit Sharma has scored 12 centuries in Tests, and the special thing about these centuries is that Team India won all these Tests. Apart from Rohit, no other player has scored ten or more centuries in a win. In this case, Warwick Armstrong (6) and Darren Lehmann (5) come after Rohit.

Rohit has scored 12 centuries in Tests, all came in victories
Players who have scored four or more centuries in Tests and all of them have come in victories

Player Centuries (all in victories)

Rohit Sharma 12
Warwick Armstrong 6
Darren Lehmann 5
Mike Denness 4
Joe Burns 4
Mayank Agarwal 4
Kyle Vernon 4
Yashsvi Jaiswal 4

2. As an opener, Rohit has scored nine centuries in Tests. He was made India's Test opener in October 2019. No other opener has scored as many centuries since then. Overall, only four batsmen have scored more Test centuries than Rohit in this period.

Most centuries in Tests since Rohit was promoted as an opener
Player Match Average Centuries Batting
Joe Root (England) 66 54.89 20 Middle order
Kane Williamson (New Zealand) 31 61.03 13 Middle order
Marnus Labuschagne (Australia) 48 48.51 11 Middle order
Steve Smith (Australia) 48 45.17 10 Middle order
Rohit Sharma (India) 40 41.15 9 Opener
Babar Azam (Pakistan) 38 46.87 8 Middle order
Harry Brook (England) 24 58.48 8 Middle order

3. Rohit has scored the most runs (2716) for India in the first three cycles of the World Test Championship (WTC) combined (2019-21, 2021-23, and 2023-25). His nine centuries are also the most for India. The next best on the list are Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill, with five centuries each. Among Indian batsmen, only Yashasvi Jaiswal (52.88) has a better average than Rohit (41.15) in the WTC.

4. From the start of the 2019-20 Test season to 2023-24, Rohit averaged 50.03 in Tests. Only eight other batsmen in the world have averaged 50 or more among those who have played at least 25 innings in this period. Rohit's average is the best among Indians in this period. Rishabh Pant is second on this list with an average of 43.34.

5. Rohit's conversion rate of 50 to 100 as a Test opener was 52.94. He converted nine of his 16 50+ scores into centuries in this role. Among batsmen who have scored at least ten 50+ scores as an opener, only Shikhar Dhawan and Dennis Amiss have a better conversion rate than Rohit. Dhawan converted seven of his 12 50+ scores into centuries as an opener. His rate was 58.33. At the same time, Amis converted 11 of his 20 50+ scores into centuries as an opener. His rate was 55.

6. Rohit scored 10 centuries in Tests at home. All of these came during India's streak of 18 consecutive Test series wins at home. During this period, only Kohli (12 centuries) had more centuries than Rohit. Rohit scored 2444 runs at an average of 56.83 during this period; only Kohli (60.12) had a better average than him.

7. Rohit played a total of 67 Tests and scored 4301 runs at an average of 40.57. This includes 12 centuries and 18 half-centuries. 212 runs was his personal best score. 69.4 percent of Rohit's career Test runs came in wins. Among the batsmen who have scored at least 3000 runs in Tests, only Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden have contributed more runs to their teams' victories than Rohit. 77.77 percent of Gilchrist's career Test runs came in wins (Australia's wins). On the other hand, 71.35 percent of Hayden's career Test runs came in wins (Australia's wins).

8. In the 2019 Test against South Africa in Visakhapatnam, Rohit hit 13 sixes. This is the most by any batsman in a Test. Rohit hit 88 sixes in Test cricket. Only Virender Sehwag (90) has hit more sixes than him in Tests for India. Hitman is at number nine in the list of overall most sixes in this format.

9. Only five batsmen, including Rohit, have scored centuries in the first two innings of their Test career. Hitman made his Test debut in the 2013 series against the West Indies. He used to bat in the lower order then. He scored 177 runs on his Test debut at Eden Gardens. India batted just once in this match. After this, Rohit played an innings of 111 runs in the second Test of the series against the West Indies at Wankhede. In this match too, Team India batted only once. Apart from Rohit, Lawrence Rowe, Alvin Kalicharan, Sourav Ganguly and Yasir Hameed are the only other batsmen who have scored centuries in their first two innings after debut.

10. Between February 2021 and July 2023, Rohit crossed the double-digit mark in 30 consecutive innings. This is the longest streak of crossing the double-digit mark by any batsman. That is, apart from Rohit, there is no other batsman who has touched the double-digit mark in his 30 consecutive innings. Rohit scored 1401 runs in those 30 innings at an average of 50.04. He faced 2645 balls during that period. That is, on an average, he played about 94.46 balls in every innings.

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