5 top performances of Rohit Sharma in the IPL

2. 109* off 60-balls vs Kolkata in Kolkata, 2012

Against the most consistent team that season, Rohit plays one of his finest T20 innings, thereby initiating a long-standing love affair with the Eden Gardens.

67 of his runs come in front of the wicket as he sends the Knight Riders bowlers all around the park. The worst of them all is Jacques Kallis, against whom Rohit hits four boundaries and a solitary maximum. Rajat Bhatia, Brett Lee and Shakib-al-Hasan aren’t spared either.

Sunil Narine is the only saving grace in the Knight Riders camp, but he too gets hit for a boundary. Rohit is unstoppable throughout the innings, remaining unbeaten in the end as only the 8th centurion in IPL’s history.

A counter-attacking 79 from Kallis is not enough as Kolkata fall short by 27 runs and their winning streak gets broken.