Most Hundreds In T20I: Glenn Maxwell Equals Rohit Sharma Record With Fifth Century in AUS vs WI 2nd T20I

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Australia's Glenn Maxwell on Sunday (February 11) equalled Indian skipper Rohit Sharma's record for most hundreds in T20Is with his fifth century in the shortest format on the international stage.

The Big Show achieved the feat during the second T20I against West Indies at the Adelaide Oval by smashing a 50-ball century. He also became the quickest in terms of innings to reach five centuries in T20 internationals.

While Rohit had reached his fifth T20I century last month against Afghanistan in his 143rd innings, Maxwell got to his fifth hundred in his 94th innings, a record which can be surpassed by another Indian Suryakumar Yadav, who currently sits with four hundreds in 57 innings.

Maxwell, had scored his fourth century against India at the end of last year with a 47-ball knock, has scored hundreds against Sri Lanka, England and India. Here is a look at the players with most hundreds in T20Is:

Most Centuries in T20I

• Glenn Maxwell (Australia) - 5 Hundreds in 94 innings
• Rohit Sharma (India) - 5 Hundreds in 143 innings
• Suryakumar Yadav (India) - 4 Hundreds in 57 innings
• Sabawoon Davizi (Czech Republic) - 3 Hundreds in 31 innings
• Colin Munro (New Zealand) - 3 Hundreds in 62 innings
• Babar Azam (Pakistan) - 3 Hundreds in 103 innings

Coming back to the Australia vs West Indies match, Maxwell's unbeaten knock of 120 from 55 balls saw Australia set a daunting target of 242 for West Indies to chase and level the series.

Maxwell's knock included 12 fours and 8 sixes as he shared an unbeaten 95-run stand with Tim David (31* off 14 balls) to put Australia in the driver's seat in the second T20I.

In the first T20I at the Blundstone Arena in Hobart on February 9, Australia rode on David Warner's 70 to post a total of 213/7 before Adam Zampa's spell of 3 for 26 sealed a 11-run win in an high-scoring match.