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2019, Five centuries in a ICC World Cup

2019, Five centuries in a ICC World Cup

2019, First batsman to score five centuries in a ICC World Cup

On this day June 6, 2019, Indian Opening batsman, Rohit Sharma became the first batsman to score five centuries in a ICC World Cup. Kumar Sangakkara was hold the previous record of four in the 2015.

Most Centuries in ICC World Cup

Rohit equaled Sachin Tendulkar’s record for the most centuries scored in ICC World Cups, both scored six centuries in a ICC World Cup. Sachin scored his six hundreds over four different tournaments and Rohit hundreds came over two ICC World Cups.

Most Runs Scorer

Rohit became the most runs scorer in the ICC world cup 2019 tournament by scoring 648 runs, including five centuries and one half centuries.

Most ODI Centuries for India

Rohit hit 122 against South Africa, and he became the 3rd most ODI centuries for India.

Highest individual Score

The Rohit made highest individual runs in ICC world cup 2019 by scoring 140 against Pakistan.

He hit 102, 104, 103 against England, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Rohit played 17 matches and scored 978 runs in ICC world cup tournaments.

On this day India won by 7 wickets with 39 balls remaining against Sri Lanka.

Reference

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8039/scorecard/1144526/india-vs-sri-lanka-44th-match-icc-cricket-world-cup-2019