Three batsmen who completed centuries by scoring 6 in all three formats, one did this feat in just three months.

New Delhi. Every batsman has the desire to score a century in international cricket. When getting very close to the century, most of the batsmen do not like to take risks and try to touch the 100-run mark by taking a single or double. On the contrary, there are some batsmen who want to reach the century and complete it as soon as possible and for this they do not shy away from even hitting sky-high shots. The most prominent name in this is that of India’s explosive opener Virender Sehwag. When Sehwag scored a triple century against Pakistan in Multan, he completed the figures of 100 runs, 200 runs and 300 runs only by hitting a six. Even in ODIs, he has completed his century by hitting a six on some occasions.

Apart from this achievement of Sehwag, there are three Indian batsmen who have completed centuries by scoring 6 in all three formats of international cricket. This achievement is recorded in the names of Team India’s current captain Rohit Sharma, stylish batsman KL Rahul and Virat Kohli. He has celebrated his century by hitting sixes in all three formats – Test, ODI and T20I.

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Rohit was the first batsman of India to do this feat.
‘Hitman’ Rohit Sharma is the first batsman from India to achieve this feat. He completed his century by hitting a six in the Bulawayo ODI match against Zimbabwe in May 2010. In this match against Zimbabwe, he sent the full toss of the host team’s Raymond Price over the covers and out of the boundary for a six and celebrated reaching the triple run count. In the match, Rohit played an inning of 114 runs in 119 balls which included six fours and 4 sixes.

Later, he celebrated completing a century by hitting a six in the Mumbai Test against West Indies in November 2013 and in the T20I at Dharamshala in October 2015. In the Test held at his home ground in Mumbai, he hit a six over long on off the ball of Marlon Samuels and went straight from 99 runs to 105 runs. In this test, Rohit played an unbeaten inning of 111 runs in 127 balls which had 11 fours and 3 sixes. In October 2015, Rohit completed a century with a six in the T20I against South Africa and made a place in this exclusive club. He took the ball of right-arm fast bowler M de Lunghe out of the boundary for a six and reached 103 runs straight from 97 runs. Rohit had scored 106 runs in 66 balls in this innings which included 12 fours and 5 sixes.

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Rahul repeated Rohit’s charisma

After Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul became the second Indian batsman to complete a century with sixes in all three formats. The special thing is that Rahul had achieved this feat in a span of three months in the year 2016. On 11 June 2016, in his debut ODI against Zimbabwe, he completed his century by hitting a six. In the match, he not only completed his century by blasting the ball of Hamilton Masakadza over the long-on boundary for a six but also led India to victory. In his first ODI, he played an unbeaten inning of 100 runs in 115 balls which included 7 fours and a six.

After this, in the India-West Indies Kingston Test which started from 30 July 2016, Rahul completed his century by scoring 6. He completed his Test century by sending spinner Roston Chase’s ball over long off for a six. Starting the innings of Team India in the match, Rahul played an inning of 158 runs in 303 balls with the help of 15 fours and 3 sixes. On 27 August 2016, Rahul scored a century in T20I against West Indies. In this T20 held at Landerhill, Neutral Venue, America, Rahul completed his century by hitting 6 off the ball of Andre Russell. In the match, Rahul played an unbeaten inning of 110 runs with the help of 12 fours and 5 sixes in 51 balls, but despite this, Team India had to face defeat in the match by 1 run.

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Virat has also done this ‘Virat’ feat

There is also a record in the name of Virat Kohli for completing a century by hitting a six in all three formats. Virat has scored only one century in T20I. In this T20 match of Asia Cup on 8 September 2022 against Afghanistan, Virat completed his 71st century of international cricket by hitting a six off Farid Ahmed. In the match, he played an unbeaten inning of 122 runs in 61 balls with the help of 12 fours and 6 sixes. In the same year, in the ODI against Bangladesh on 10 December 2022, he completed his 49th century and overall 72nd century of this format by hitting a six off Ibadat Hussain. With this six he directly reached 103 runs from 97 runs. In this match held in Chittagong under the India-Bangladesh ODI series, Virat had played an inning of 113 runs in 91 balls with the help of 11 fours and two sixes. This is the same match in which Ishan Kishan played a strong inning of 210 in ODI.

Earlier, King Kohli had completed a century in the Test format by hitting a six off Suranga Lakmal against Sri Lanka in Kolkata in November 2017. Kohli had directly reached 98 to 104 runs with this six. As soon as his century was completed, the Indian team declared the second innings. Kohli also had the reins of leadership of the Indian team in the match. During this, he faced 119 balls and scored unbeaten 104 runs with the help of 12 fours and 2 sixes.

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