Just when he was asked to play in the Vijay Hazare Trophy by the selectors to keep his form, Rohit Sharma smashes a 62-ball century for Mumbai in the Vijay Hazare Trophy against Sikkim at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. This was the first match for both teams in Group D, and what a way the Mumbai team has started their Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025/2026 campaign.
Lee Yong Lepcha, who was captaining the Sikkim team, won the toss and decided that his team would bat first against the Mumbai team. Shardul Thakur came up with a strong team with big names such as Rohit Sharma, who returned in the competition after almost eight years, and was in the playing eleven. This was his first of two matches that he would play for the Mumbai team.
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Rohit Sharma smashes a 62-ball century for Mumbai in Vijay Hazare Trophy
The Sikkim side lost a very early wicket, and it was Amit Rajera who was dismissed in the second over. K Sai Satwik and Ashish Thapa tried to steady the innings. Sikkim scored 236/7 in their 50 overs, with Ashish Thapa being their best run getter as he scored 79 runs in 87 balls, which included eight boundaries. Captain, Shardul Thakur took two wickets, with other bowlers apart from Sylvester DSouza getting a wicket each.
In the second innings, Rohit Sharma came in to bat, and it was a complete Rohit Sharma. He was scoring runs for fun and did not spare a single ball. Rohit completed his century in just 62 balls, and what a return it was, they people might think of, but he did not stop there. He continued to score runs and hit boundaries against the bowlers.
It was in the 30th over when Rohit Sharma was stopped as Kranthi Kumar took his wicket, but it was too late then as Mumbai were just eight runs short when Rohit got out. Rohit Sharma scored a quick-fire 155 runs in just 94 balls, which included eighteen boundaries and nine big sixes. Surely, he has again proved why he is the number one batter in the ICC ODI Men’s batting rankings because he plays like one in every match, whether it be a domestic match or an international match.