Ranking Rohit Sharma’s greatest innings for India

#2 171* vs Australia at Perth in January 2016

Whilst this may not be one of Rohit Sharma’s top 3 ODI scored in his career, I have still put it at second on his all-time most impressive innings. It was the first ODI of a highly anticipated series between India and Australia. The venue was the hallowed WACA, a graveyard for subcontinent teams over many years due to the fast and bouncy nature of the pitch. Despite India being unable to win the match Indian fans still got to witness something special. Sharma carried his bat through the innings. He scored 171* in the process. His runs came at an impressive strike rate of 104 runs per 100 balls faced. There are a couple of reasons why this innings is ranked so highly.

First off, to produce a score like this in any innings is impressive, but to do it in Australia, at the hardest venue for touring teams to play at is nothing short of extraordinary. Secondly to carry his bat through the innings is unbelievable in the is day and age. All Sharma needed was more support from the other end and India could have easily produced a match-winning score of 350+.