Ranking Rohit Sharma’s greatest innings for India

#3 100* against England at Bristol in a T20 match in July 2018

Sharma’s most recent innings to make this list is far from his least impressive. Sharma blitzed England’s bowling attack on his way to an outstanding score of 100 not out in the 3rd T20 match of the series. Sharma scored his runs at a strike rate of 178 runs scored per 100 balls faced. He bludgeoned 11 fours and 5 sixes on his way to the second highest T20I score of his career. There were numerous things about this innings that made it so impressive.

Firstly, he was playing away from home in English conditions. Despite conditions being batsman-friendly, they are still very different to what he is used to in India. Secondly, he scored these runs in the deciding match of the series. The extra pressure of this match being a winner takes all event makes his knock even more impressive. And thirdly, he scored these runs in a winning cause against the best-limited overs team in the world right now. England has been unstoppable in ODI and Twenty20 cricket over the last 24 months. All these reasons are why I rank this knock so highly among all of Sharma’s other efforts with the bat.