Guwahati: Hitman Rohit Sharma continued his superb form in the 2019 World Cup, as he scored his 27th ODI hundred in India’s final round-robin fixture against Sri Lanka on Saturday.
In doing so, he surpassed Kumar Sangakkara to break the record for scoring the most number of centuries in a single edition of World Cup.
As per records, former Sri Lanka captain had scored four centuries in the 2015 edition of World Cup, a record which Sharma had equaled in the previous match against Bangladesh when he scored his 26th hundred. Sharma, with yet another ton, has now scored his fifth century in the ongoing World Cup tournament.
Sharma is also on course to break the record for most runs in one World Cup. Sachin Tendulkar (673 runs in the 2003 World Cup) and Matthew Hayden (659 runs in the 2007 World Cup) were the only two batsmen to have scored more than 600 runs in one edition of the World Cup before this year.
Sharma also surpassed Tendulkar’s record of scoring 586 runs in the group stages of a World Cup. He was finally dismissed for 103 in 94 balls after he sliced a delivery from Kasun Rajitha, thus ge to The batsman surpassed the 600-run mark in the World Cup tournaments, becoming the third player to do so after Tendulkar and Shakib al Hasan.
Earlier, Sri Lanka all-rounder Angelo Mathews scored his first hundred of the ongoing World Cup tournament at Leeds against India. With a gutsy hundred after a top-order collapse, the former captain guided his side to a respectable 264 for 7.
India got off to a solid start in the 265-run chase with KL Rahul scoring another half-century today.