India captain Rohit Sharma had a record-breaking day out against England in the fifth and final Test of their series at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala.
Rohit shattered several records en route to his 12th Test hundred. Rohit scored 103 runs off 162 balls, smashing 13 boundaries and three sixes against England in Dharamsala.
ROHIT THE OPENER
Rohit went level with the legendary Sunil Gavaskar to register the most hundreds by Indian openers against England in Tests. Rohit smashed his fourth Test hundred as an opener against England to go level with Gavaskar. Rohit is also one of only two Indian opening batters to have scored over 1000 runs against England in Tests.
Most Test hundreds for Indian openers vs England
Rohit Sharma/ Sunil Gavaskar: 4
Vijay Merchant/ Murali Vijay/ KL Rahul: 3
Rohit also went past former West Indies batter Chris Gayle in the list of most hundreds by openers in international cricket. He now sits behind Australia’s David Warner and former India batter Sachin Tendulkar in this elite list.
In fact, Rohit is just three sixes away from becoming the first-ever cricketer to smash 600 international sixes across formats.
IND vs ENG, 5th Test: Scorecard
Most international hundreds as an opener
David Warner: 49
Sachin Tendulkar: 45
Rohit Sharma: 43
Chris Gayle: 42
Sanath Jayasuriya: 41
ROHIT SMASHES INDIAN RECORDS
Rohit has established himself as the most in-form Test batter for India in the last three years. Since 2021, no Indian batter has scored more Test centuries than Rohit.
Most Test hundreds for India since 2021
Rohit Sharma: 6
Shubman Gill: 4
Jadeja/ Jaiswal/ Pant/ KL Rahul: 3
Rohit also went level with legendary batter and India’s current head coach Rahul Dravid’s tally of international centuries. Rohit now has 48 international centuries for India, and sits only behind Tendulkar and teammates Virat Kohli in this metric.
Most international hundreds by Indians
Sachin Tendulkar: 100
Virat Kohli: 80
Rohit Sharma/ Rahul Dravid: 48
Virender Sehwag/ Sourav Ganguly: 38
Rohit also went level with Tendulkar to register the most international centuries by Indians after turning 30. He sits behind former Sri Lanka wicket-keeping batter Kumar Sangakkara and former Aussie duo of Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting in this elite list.
Most international hundreds after turning 30
Kumar Sangakkara: 43
Matthew Hayden/ Ricky Ponting: 36
Rohit Sharma/ Sachin Tendulkar: 35
Rohit formed a 100-plus stand first with young Yashasvi Jaiswal and then with Shubman Gill to help India go past England’s first innings total on Day 2. He was eventually undone by England skipper Ben Stokes off his very first delivery of the five-match Test series.
India, having already clinched the Test series 3-1 following wins in Vizag, Rajkot and Ranchi, will be looking to end their series on a winning note in Dharamsala.
