Rohit Sharma becomes first batsman to score 5 tons in one World Cup on July 6, 2019: Watch

Rohit Sharma etched his name in record books on July 6, 2019, after scoring a century against Sri Lanka in group st match of 2019 Cricket World Cup in England. Hitman's century against Sri Lanka made him first player in history of tournament to score five centuries in single edition of marquee eveeent. Sharma surpassed Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara's record for most number of centuries in one edition of mega event. Sangakkara had scored four consecutive centuries in 2015 World Cup.

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Rohit Sharma centuries in World Cup 

Coming to Rohit Sharma centuries in tournament, Mumbai Indians skipper started campaign with an unbeaten 122 against South Africa, before scoring 57 against Australia. Rohit Sharma centuries that followed were against Pakistan (140 runs), England (102 runs), Bangladesh (104 runs) and Sri Lanka (103 runs).

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Rohit Sharma centuries: Rohit Sharma innings against Sri Lanka 

Chasing a target of 265 runs to win, Rohit Sharma scored 103 runs off just 94 deliveries to help Men in Blue chase down target with 7 wickets to spare. His kck was studded with 14 boundaries and two sixes while sharing a huge 189-run partnership with fellow opener KL Rahul for opening wicket. Rohit Sharma was also declared ' Man of Match' for his good show with bat during clash. Here's Rohit Sharma's century against Sri Lanka.

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Apart from century in World Cup, Rohit Sharma has also recorded highest individual score in 50-over format against Sri Lanka itself. Rohit Sharma 264 kck against Lankans came at Eden Gardens in 2014. Rohit Sharma 264 innings consisted of 33 boundaries and 9 sixes. Despite taking 100 balls to get to his hundred, Rohit raced to 264 in just 173 balls, scoring last 164 runs in just 73 balls.

Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli named in 2003 World Cup squad 

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were recently named by Sourav Ganguly to play in 2003 India's World Cup squad. while chatting with Team India cricketer Mayank Agarwal on Sunday, Ganguly said that he would pick Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah from India’s World Cup 2019 squad to play in his 2003 World Cup squad. response from BCCI President came after Mayank Agarwal read a fan question on chat show ‘DadaOpensWithMayank’.

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