India captain Rohit Sharma had a record-breaking time out in opposition to England within the fifth and closing Take a look at of their sequence on the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala.
Rohit shattered a number of data en path to his twelfth Take a look at hundred. Rohit scored 103 runs off 162 balls, smashing 13 boundaries and three sixes in opposition to England in Dharamsala.
ROHIT THE OPENER
Rohit went stage with the legendary Sunil Gavaskar to register essentially the most a whole lot by Indian openers in opposition to England in Assessments. Rohit smashed his fourth Take a look at hundred as an opener in opposition to England to go stage with Gavaskar. Rohit can also be certainly one of solely two Indian opening batters to have scored over 1000 runs in opposition to England in Assessments.
Most Take a look at a whole lot for Indian openers vs England
Rohit Sharma/ Sunil Gavaskar: 4
Vijay Service provider/ Murali Vijay/ KL Rahul: 3
Rohit additionally went previous former West Indies batter Chris Gayle within the checklist of most a whole lot by openers in worldwide cricket. He now sits behind Australia’s David Warner and former India batter Sachin Tendulkar on this elite checklist.
In actual fact, Rohit is simply three sixes away from changing into the first-ever cricketer to smash 600 worldwide sixes throughout codecs.
IND vs ENG, fifth Take a look at: Scorecard
Most worldwide a whole lot 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 essentially the most in-form Take a look at batter for India within the final three years. Since 2021, no Indian batter has scored extra Take a look at centuries than Rohit.
Most Take a look at a whole lot for India since 2021
Rohit Sharma: 6
Shubman Gill: 4
Jadeja/ Jaiswal/ Pant/ KL Rahul: 3
Rohit additionally went stage with legendary batter and India’s present head coach Rahul Dravid’s tally of worldwide centuries. Rohit now has 48 worldwide centuries for India, and sits solely behind Tendulkar and teammates Virat Kohli on this metric.
Most worldwide a whole lot by Indians
Sachin Tendulkar: 100
Virat Kohli: 80
Rohit Sharma/ Rahul Dravid: 48
Virender Sehwag/ Sourav Ganguly: 38
Rohit additionally went stage with Tendulkar to register essentially the most worldwide 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 on this elite checklist.
Most worldwide a whole lot after turning 30
Kumar Sangakkara: 43
Matthew Hayden/ Ricky Ponting: 36
Rohit Sharma/ Sachin Tendulkar: 35
Rohit fashioned a 100-plus stand first with younger Yashasvi Jaiswal after which with Shubman Gill to assist India go previous England’s first innings whole on Day 2. He was finally undone by England skipper Ben Stokes off his very first supply of the five-match Take a look at sequence.
India, having already clinched the Take a look at sequence 3-1 following wins in Vizag, Rajkot and Ranchi, shall be trying to finish their sequence on a successful word in Dharamsala.
