Published 16:42 IST, July 2nd 2020

Rohit Sharma smashes 4th WC 2019 hundred in India's win over Bangladesh on July 2: Watch

Rohit Sharma had a dream World Cup 2019, scoring 648 runs in 9 games at an average of 81 and also becoming first batsman to score five centuries in one edition.

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International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday posted a throwback video from 2019 World Cup in England where Rohit Sharma scored a brilliant century to guide India to a 28-run win over Bangladesh. While Virat Kohli-led side faltered at semi-final st, Rohit Sharma had a brilliant World Cup 2019, ending as  leading run-scorer in tournament, which included 5 centuries.

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Rohit Sharma centuries in World Cup 

Coming to Rohit Sharma centuries in tournament, Mumbai batsman 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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ICC relives Rohit Sharma's innings against Bangladesh  

Rohit Sharma had a dream World Cup 2019, scoring 648 runs in 9 games at an aver of 81.00. During tournament, he became first batsman in World Cup history to score five centuries in a single edition. Despite scoring heavily during tournament, he still ended up short of breaking Sachin Tendulkar's World Cup record for most runs scored by a batsman in a single edition.

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In match against Bangladesh, Virat Kohli won toss in Birmingham and opted to bat. Openers KL Rahul (77) and Rohit Sharma (104) provided India with a solid start, stitching a mammoth 180-run partnership for first wicket before being dismissed. Virat Kohli failed to convert his start into a big score and was dismissed for 27-ball 26 runs. Rishabh Pant (48 runs) and MS Dhoni (35 runs) contribution at end helped India post 314 for 9 in ir stipulated 50 overs.

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Bangladesh, in reply, got off to a decent start before y lost wickets at regular intervals as Indian bowlers restricted ir opponents to 286 runs in 48 overs. Jasprit Bumrah bagged four wickets while Hardik Pandya claimed three wickets. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami and Yuzvendra Chahal also took a wicket each for India. For Bangladesh, Shakib Al Hasan (66 runs) and Mohammad Saifuddin (51*) were top scorers.

Rohit Sharma stats 

Coming to Rohit Sharma stats,  30-year-old Rohit has so far played in 224 ODIs, scoring 9115 runs at an aver of 49.27 with 29 hundreds and 43 fifties. His highest score is 264, which is a world record. He has also played in 32 Tests, scoring 2141 runs.

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(IM: ICC/ TWITTER)

16:42 IST, July 2nd 2020