An emotional and heartfelt moment between Rohit Sharma and his wife Ritika Sajdeh during the third and final ODI against England at Lord’s on Sunday, July 19, went viral on social media.
The former Indian captain scored a brilliant century under immense pressure against England in the final ODI, but it was his heart-touching celebration after reaching the milestone that left everyone emotional and blushing at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. Earlier, Rohit Sharma had broken his silence on the noise of ODI retirement after Lord’s century.
Rohit Sharma’s flying kiss to emotional Ritika Sajdeh after Lord’s century melts hearts
After reaching three points, Rohit Sharma looked towards the stand where his wife Ritika Sajdeh was watching the match. Seeing his wife emotional, the Indian batsman smiled and gave her a flying kiss. This beautiful moment was captured on camera at Lord’s.
Rohit played one of the best innings of his ODI career and scored 138 runs in 110 balls with the help of 17 fours and five sixes. This was his 34th ODI century and he became the first Indian batsman to score an ODI century at Lord’s.
At the age of 39 years and 80 days, Hitman became the oldest Indian player to score an ODI century and the oldest Indian to score an international century in any format. Soon after completing the century, Rohit looked straight at the stands, where Ritika Sajdeh was cheering for her husband after his record century.
She was seen wiping tears from her eyes after seeing her husband responding to all the recent criticisms with such a special innings. The former Indian captain then blew a flying kiss towards her and this emotional moment touched the hearts of cricket fans across the world and the clip went viral on social media within no time.
That flying kiss to Ritika… wait, my dear friend. #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/CPBeFMJyey
– ɪʀᴀ ꜱʜᴀʀᴍᴀ (@sharmax45) July 19, 2026
England scored a huge score in the deciding match of Lord’s series.
The fifth and final ODI at Lord’s was the decider of the three-match series, with both teams winning one game each. After India won the toss, England batted first and scored a huge score of 387/3 in 50 overs. Meanwhile, “It’s always fun to bat together”: Rohit Sharma on Virat Kohli’s partnership.
Ben Duckett played a brilliant inning of 141 runs, while Jacob Bethel scored 91 runs and the pair added 192 runs for the first wicket. Joe Root remained unbeaten on 74 runs and Jos Buttler scored unbeaten 41 runs in 13 balls, taking England closer to the huge score.
While chasing the target, opener Rohit Sharma gave a great start to India by adding 147 runs with captain Shubman Gill, who scored 77 runs. And then made a partnership of 113 runs for the second wicket with Virat Kohli, who also played a brilliant inning of 74 runs.
Rohit Sharma created history with Lord’s century but Sam Curran’s magic sealed the series win for England
Rohit played one of the best innings of his ODI career and scored 138 runs in 110 balls with the help of 17 fours and five sixes. This was his 34th ODI century and a historic one too. He became the first Indian batsman to score an ODI century at Lord’s.
At the age of 39 years and 80 days, he became the oldest Indian to score an ODI century and the oldest Indian to score an international century in any format. However, the momentum changed rapidly after losing the wicket of Rohit. Sam Curran turned the match in favor of England by taking four important wickets by dismissing Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, Virat Kohli and Axar Patel.
Jofra Archer then dismissed KL Rahul, leaving India 360/7 and 27 runs short of the target. With a 27-run win, England took the ODI series 2–1 at Lord’s.