Rohit Sharma climbed on Mount Everest of records on this day, July 6 in the ICC World Cup 2019, when he overtook Kumar Sangakkara’s record of four centuries in a single edition of the tournament after smashing his fifth ton of the tournament against Sri Lanka.
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The tournament had started for Sharma with a century and he enjoyed a glorious run throughout the tournament, amassing 648 runs in 9 innings with 5 centuries in the tournament and was the highest run-getter as well, averaging 81 and scoring his runs at a strike rate of 98.33.
Today, we take a look back at all of Rohit’s five centuries in the 2019 World Cup and relive one of the best performances by an Indian batsman in the tournament history.