Rohit Sharma broke 5 big records by scoring a century at Lord’s, wrote new history with each record

Rohit Sharma 5 Records At Lord’s: Rohit Sharma played a brilliant innings in the third ODI against England at Lord’s, scoring 138 runs in 110 balls with 17 fours and 5 sixes. This innings came with the bat of Hitman in the run chase of Men in Blue. He started slowly and then picked up the pace. Rohit broke 5 big records with this innings. So let us know which records he broke.

1- First Indian to score a century at Lord’s (in ODI)

Rohit Sharma became the first Indian player to score a century in ODI at Lord’s. Earlier, the record of making the highest individual score for India in an ODI played at Lord’s was in the name of Sourav Ganguly. The former Indian captain, popularly known as Dada, had played an inning of 90 runs against England in 2004.

2- Oldest player to score an ODI century at Lord’s

Hitman became the oldest player to score an ODI century at Lord’s. He did this feat at the age of 39 years and 80 days.

3- Highest score in England (by an Indian)

Rohit’s score of 138 runs against England in England became the highest individual score made by India. With this innings, Rohit left behind his own score of 137* runs at Trent Bridge in 2018.

4- Highest partnerships of 100+ runs in ODI

The pair of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli became the second pair to have the highest century partnership in the history of ODI. He overtook Sri Lanka’s Tillaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara. Both of them did this feat 20 times. Rohit and Virat did this feat for the 21st time at Lord’s.

26 Tendulkar-Ganguly
21 Rohit-Kohli*
20 Dilshan-Sangakkara
18 Rohit-Shikhar
16 Gilchrist-Hayden

5- Most ODI centuries in a visiting country

Rohit Sharma became the batsman to score the most centuries in a visiting country. Hitman scored his 8th century in England. With this he broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record.

8 Rohit Sharma – in England
7 Sachin Tendulkar – in UAE
7 Saeed Anwar – In UAE
7 AB de Villiers – in India
7 Quinton de Kock – in India

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