Top 5 records broken by Rohit Sharma with his century in IND vs ENG 3rd Test

NewsBharati    15-Feb-2024 17:50:15 PM
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Captain Rohit Sharma smashed a century under pressure as India recovered from a jittery start to end with 326/5 on the opening day of the third Test against England in Rajkot on Thursday. After being dropped on 27 by Joe Root, Rohit Sharma went on to score 131 off 196 balls, hitting 14 fours and three sixes, scoring his Test career's 11th Test hundred
 

Here are the top 5 records broken by Rohit Sharma with his century in IND vs ENG 3rd Test-

 
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1. Shattering a 73-year-old record of Vijay Hazare, the 36-year-old became the oldest India captain to smash an international hundred.

2. Rohit Sharma also completed 1000 Test runs against England. It took 23 Test innings for the seasoned opener to do so with three tons and four half-centuries.
 
 

3. Rohit Sharma (79 sixes) surpassed MS Dhoni (78 sixes) to become India's 2nd-highest six-hitter in Tests. Ex-India opener Virender Sehwag (91) holds the number one position in the elite list.

4. Rohit Sharma went past former India captain Sourav Ganguly (18,575) to become India's 4th-highest run-getter in international cricket. He is now only behind Sachin Tendulkar (24,208), Virat Kohli (26,733) and Rahul Dravid (24,208).

5. Rohit Sharma matched MS Dhoni's tally of 211 sixes as captain in international cricket, placing him in second place in list of captains with most sixes in international cricket. The record for the most sixes as captain belongs to former England skipper Eoin Morgan (233 sixes).
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