Rohit Sharma smashed 10 sixes in his exceptional knock AFP
Rohit Sharma gave Indore crowd the perfect Friday evening, putting on a scintillating batting display with a joint-fastest T20I century - off 35 balls - before finishing on 118 in 43 deliveries. It was an innings that propelled India to their highest T20I score as well as the joint second-highest in the format - 260.
Here's a stats highlights from the superlative innings:
118 by Rohit is the highest individual score for India in T20Is, surpassing the unbeaten 110 by KL Rahul against Windies in Lauderhill last year. He became the first Indian player and fifth overall to score two centuries in T20Is after Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum, Ewin Lewis and Colin Munro.
Highest individual scores in T20Is for India
| Player | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | Against | Venue | Date |
| Rohit Sharma | 118 | 43 | 12 | 10 | SL | Indore | 22 Dec 17 |
| KL Rahul | 110* | 51 | 12 | 5 | WI | Lauderhill | 27 Aug 16 |
| Rohit Sharma | 106 | 66 | 12 | 5 | SA | Dharamsala | 2 Oct 15 |
| Suresh Raina | 101 | 60 | 9 | 5 | SA | Gros Islet | 2 May 10 |
| Virat Kohli | 90* | 55 | 9 | 2 | Aus | Adelaide | 26 Jan 16 |
| Virat Kohli | 89* | 47 | 11 | 1 | WI | Mumbai | 31 Mar 16 |
| KL Rahul | 89 | 49 | 5 | 8 | SL | Indore | 22 Dec 17 |
35 Balls taken by Rohit to reach his hundred - the joint-fastest in T20 Internationals along with David Miller, who scored his knock against Bangladesh in Potchefstroom couple of months ago.
Fastest Hundreds in 20-over cricket
| Player | Balls taken | Final score | For | Against | Venue | Date |
| Chris Gayle | 30 | 175(66)* | RCB | PWI | Bengaluru | 23 Apr 13 |
| Andrew Symonds | 34 | 112(43) | Kent | Middlesex | Maidstone | 2 Jul 04 |
| LP van der Westhuizen | 35 | 145(50) | Namibia | Kenya | Windhoek | 7 Nov 11 |
| David Miller | 35 | 101(36*) | SA | Ban | Potchefstroom | 29 Oct 17 |
| Rohit Sharma | 35 | 118(43) | India | SL | Indore | 22 Dec 17 |
| Yusuf Pathan | 37 | 100(37) | RR | MI | Mumbai(BS) | 13 Mar 10 |
| Scott Styris | 37 | 100(37)* | Sussex | Glou | Brighton | 24 Jul 12 |
| David Miller | 38 | 101(38)* | KXIP | RCB | Mohali | 6 May 13 |
2 Scores by a captain higher than Rohit's 118 today. Shane Watson scored an unbeaten 124 against India at the SCG in 2016 and Faf du Plessis scored 119 against Windies in Johannesburg in 2015. The previous highest for India was 82 by Virat Kohli against Sri Lanka at Colombo RPS in last August.
10 Sixes hit by Rohit in his 43-ball knock - the most for India in an innings in T20Is. The previous most was seven sixes by Yuvraj Singh, who did it twice - against England in Durban in 2007 and against Pakistan in Ahmedabad in 2012. Rahul hit eight sixes in this innings.
91.52 Percentage runs scored in boundaries by Rohit Sharma - 108 runs (12 fours & 10 sixes) out of 118. It is the highest by any batsman in an innings of 75 or more surpassing Mohammad Nabi's 87.64% (78/89) against Ireland at Greater Noida in 2017.
64 Sixes hit by Rohit across internationals in 2017 - the most by any, surpassing AB de Villiers's 63 in 2015. He hit 46 in ODIs, 15 in T20Is and three in Tests.
89 by KL Rahul is the highest second-highest individual score in an innings in T20s. The previous instance was 88 by Graeme Smith against England in Centurion in 2009 when Loots Bosman outscored him scoring 94.
165-run stand between Rohit and Rahul is the highest opening-wicket partnership for India in T20 Internationals surpassing, 158 by Rohit and Shikhar Dhawan against New Zealand in Delhi last month. It is the third-highest opening partnership in all T20Is, and highest-ever against Sri Lanka.
21 sixes hit by India in their innings is the joint-most by any team in an innings in 20-over cricket. The other such instances are - Royal Challengers Bangalore against Pune Warriors India in 2013, Windies against India in Lauderhill in 2016 and Rangpur Riders against Dhaka Dynamites last week.
260 for five by India is the highest total for India in T20Is, surpassing 244 for 4 against Windies in Lauderhill in 2016. It is the joint second highest total in T20Is after Australia's 263 for 3 against Sri Lanka in Pallekele in 2016. Sri Lanka also made 260 for six against Kenya in Johannesburg in the inaugural World T20.
Highest totals in T20Is
| Team | Totals | Against | Venue | Date | Result |
| Australia | 263/3 | Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 6 Sep 16 | won |
| Sri Lanka | 260/6 | Kenya | Johannesburg | 14 Sep 07 | won |
| India | 260/5 | Sri Lanka | Indore | 22 Dec 17 | - |
| Australia | 248/6 | England | Southampton | 29 Aug 13 | won |
| West Indies | 245/6 | India | Lauderhill | 27 Aug 16 | won |
| India | 244/4 | West Indies | Lauderhill | 27 Aug 16 | lost |
| South Africa | 241/6 | England | Centurion | 15 Nov 09 | won |
210 Runs scored in boundaries in India's innings - 21 fours and 21 sixes. It is the joint-most in an innings in 20-over cricket, equaling Royal Challengers Bangalore effort against Pune Warriors India in 2013 where they also smashed 21 fours and as many sixes. The previous most in an innings in T20 Internationals was 186 by Sri Lanka against Kenya in Johannesburg in 2007 - 30 fours and 11 sixes.
61 Runs conceded by Nuwan Pradeep in his four overs - the most by any bowler against India in T20Is. The previous most was 60 off four overs by Stuart Broad in Durban in 2007.
31 Sixes hit in the match - 21 by India and ten by Sri Lanka. It is the second most in a T20 International after 32 hit in the India-Windies encounter in Lauderhill last year.
52 Runs conceded by Yuzuvendra Chahal - the most by any bowler taking four or more wickets in a T20I. The previous most expensive four-fer was four for 46 by Sachitra Senanayake against Windies in Pallekele in 2015. This was Chahal's third four-fer in T20Is surpassing R Ashwin's two as the most for India.
4 Chahal became the fourth bowler to take two consecutive four-plus wicket hauls in International T20s. The others to do so were Ajanta Mendis (4/15 & 4/17) in 2008, Umar Gul (4/37 & 5/6) in 2012-13 and Mudassar Bukhari (4/28 & 4/7) in 2016-16. Chahal picked four for 23 in the first match of the series in Cuttack.
