Opening batsman Rohit Sharma became the first player to hit five centuries in a single World Cup as he powered India to a comfortable seven-wicket win against Sri Lanka at Headingley on Saturday.
Sharma reached the milestone with a boundary off Kasun Rajitha to pass the mark set by Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara, who scored four hundreds at the 2015 tournament.
He reached his century off 92 balls with 14 fours and two sixes but was dismissed shortly afterwards, caught by Angelo Mathews off the bowling of Rajitha for 103.
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Sharma, known as the “Hitman”, now leads the tournament’s run-scoring charts with 647 runs in eight matches after hitting his third successive century.
He is only the fourth batsman after Sachin Tendulkar, Matthew Hayden and Shakib Al Hasan to score more than 600 runs at a single World Cup.
The attacking batsman put on 189 runs for the opening wicket with KL Rahul to put India well on course to reach their target of 265.
India vs Sri Lanka: Rohit Sharma becomes first player to hit five centuries in one World Cup
India’s vice-captain in ODIs has been in phenomenal form over the past few years. His latest effort helped him bring achieve several new milestones.
Here are some stats:
Most 100s in World Cups (100s/inngs)
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) July 6, 2019
6/16 ROHIT SHARMA
6/44 Sachin Tendulkar
5/42 Ricky Ponting
5/35 Kumar Sangakkara#SLvIND #CWC19
Most ODI 100s:
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) July 6, 2019
49 Tendulkar
41 Kohli
30 Ponting
28 Jayasuriya
27 ROHIT SHARMA
27 Amla#IndvSL #CWC19
5 - Rohit Sharma has just registered his 5th century of #CWC19; the most recorded at a single edition of the @cricketworldcup. Exceptional. #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/NjCovdIJFR
— OptaJim (@OptaJim) July 6, 2019
Rohit Sharma is the first player to score three centuries while chasing in World Cup history.
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) July 6, 2019
No other Indian player has more than one ton in World Cup chases. #CWC19 #SLvIND
Most centuries while chasing in ODIs:
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) July 6, 2019
25 - Virat Kohli
17 - Sachin Tendulkar
13 - ROHIT SHARMA*
12 - Chris Gayle
11 - Tillakaratne Dilshan #SLvsIND
Most ODI 100s since Jan 2017:
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) July 6, 2019
17 Rohit
15 Kohli
9 Bairstow
8 Dhawan, Root, Finch
7 Babar, Imam#IndvSL #CWC19
Most successive centuries in #CWC cricket.
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) July 6, 2019
4 - Kumar Sangakkara in 2015
3*- Rohit Sharma in 2019
2 - 12 others#CWC19 #CWC2019#IndvSL #SLvInd
3 - Rohit Sharma has become only the 2nd man to claim 3 ODI centuries in succession for India (Kohli, 2018). Relentless. #SLvIND #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/hRyn0yu4A3
— OptaJim (@OptaJim) July 6, 2019
Only two men in 142 years history of international cricket have scored 5 centuries in one series/tournament. Rohit Sharma in WC 2019 and Sir Clyde Walcott in a Test series vs Aus in 1955. #CWC19
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) July 6, 2019
Most 100s in #CWC19
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) July 6, 2019
7 Eng
6 Ind
5 ROHIT SHARMA
4 Aus
3 Ban
2 NZ, Pak, SL, WI
1 SA
0 Afg#IndvSL #CWC19
Highest opening stands for India in ODI WCs:
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) July 6, 2019
189 - KL Rahul/Rohit Sharma v SL, Leeds, 2019*
180 - KL Rahul/Rohit Sharma v Ban, Birmingham, 2019
174 - Shikhar Dhawan/Rohit Sharma v Ire, Hamilton, 2015#SLvsIND
Rohit Sharma in ODIs:
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) July 6, 2019
Before 2017 - 10 100s in 147 inns
2017 onwards - 17 100s in 61 inns#IndvSL #CWC19
Highest batting average in #CWC
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) July 6, 2019
min 15 inns
69.78 - Rohit Sharma (16 inns)
63.52 - AB de Villiers (22 inns)
63.42 - Michael Clarke (21 inns)
63.31 - Viv Richards (21 inns)
61.50 - David Warner (16 inns)
61.42 - Rahul Dravid (21 inns)#CWC19 #CWC2019#IndvSL #SLvInd
Rohit Sharma now has 647 runs in #CWC19 and is just 26 runs away from Tendulkar's 673 in 2003. https://t.co/ieHYu2CVIH
— ESPNcricinfo stats (@ESPNcric_stats) July 6, 2019
Most runs scored in ANY span of 365 days in ODIs:
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) July 6, 2019
2200 - Sourav Ganguly (Mar 1999 - Mar 2000) Avg 50.00
2077 - Sachin Tendulkar (Dec 1997 - Nov 1998) Avg 62.94
2063 - Rohit Sharma (Jul 2018 - Jul 2019) Avg 73.67#INDvSL #SLvIND #CWC19 https://t.co/alqz7NgtTE
Most 100s in ANY span of 365 days in ODIs:
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) July 6, 2019
10 Rohit Sharma (Jul 2018 - Jul 2019)
9 Sachin Tendulkar (Dec 1997 - Nov 1998)#INDvSL #SLvIND #CWC19
Rohit ends his group stage campaign with Mujeeb the only spinner to dismiss him across eight innings. Also the only bowler to dismiss him for a single figure score. Bonkers levels of consistency. #CWC19
— Patrick Noone (@patnoonecricket) July 6, 2019
Most centuries in ODI cricket while chasing:
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) July 6, 2019
25 - Virat Kohli
17 - Sachin Tendulkar
13 - Rohit Sharma
Most centuries in successful ODI chases:
21 - Virat Kohli
14 - Sachin Tendulkar
10 - Rohit Sharma
Indian dominance! #CWC19 #SLvIND
Rohit vs Spin in #CWC19:
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) July 6, 2019
Balls faced - 216
Runs scored - 232
Dismissals - 1
Avg- 232.00
SR - 107.40
RPO- 6.44
Four (the most) Man of the Match awards in a World Cup
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) July 6, 2019
Aravinda de Silva (1996)
Lance Klusener (1999)
Yuvraj Singh (2011)
Rohit Sharma (2019)#SLvIND #CWC19
[Inputs from AFP]