Glenn Maxwell Hits 5th T20 Century, Equals Rohit Sharma’s World Record
Glenn Maxwell Century Equals Rohit World Record: Australia’s star all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has announced his return to international cricket with his historic and explosive innings.
In the second match of the T20 series against West Indies, Maxwell scored 120 runs in 55 balls. Thanks to his brilliant innings, Australia scored 241 runs in 20 overs.
This was Maxwell’s fifth T20 International century and he has equaled the world record of Rohit Sharma for scoring most T20 centuries in the world. Maxwell had earlier scored his fourth T20 International century against India in December.
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Rohit Sharma’s World Record Equaled:-
Rohit Sharma recently made this world record by scoring his fifth century in T20 International against Afghanistan in January. Now Maxwell has reached his level. The last few months have been great for Glenn Maxwell.
In the ODI World Cup, he scored a double century against Afghanistan and led the team to an important victory. So now he has scored two centuries in T20 International in three months. In this innings against West Indies, Maxwell hit 12 fours and 8 sixes.
Most Centuries in T20 International:-
- Glenn Maxwell- 5 centuries (102 matches)
- Rohit Sharma– 5 centuries (151 matches)
- Suryakumar Yadav– 4 centuries (60 matches)
- Colin Munro- 3 centuries (65 matches)
- Babar Azam– 3 centuries (109 matches)
Glenn Maxwell was also embroiled in a controversy recently. His health deteriorated after a party in the pub. There were reports that he had consumed excessive intoxicants.
Even before that, he was continuously struggling with injuries, etc. But he leaves no stone unturned to return to the cricket field. He has been continuously responding to criticism with his bat.
Glenn Maxwell’s Career Record:-
Talking about Glenn Maxwell’s career, so far he has played 7 Tests, 138 ODIs and 102 T20 International matches for Australia. He has been a brilliant all-rounder. He has 339 runs and 8 wickets in his name in Tests.
In the ODI, he scored 3895 runs and took 70 wickets, while in T20 International, he has 2405 runs and 40 wickets in his name.
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He is one of the few Australian players who scored centuries in all three formats. He has a maximum of 1 wicket in Test, 4 in ODI, and 5 in T20.