India’s Rohit Sharma once again stamped his authority as one of the finest limited-overs batsmen of the generation with another century at the 2019 ICC World Cup at Headingly on Saturday. The Mumbai batsman was in full flow against Sri Lanka in an inconsequential group game as he smashed a fluent 103 to put India firmly in the driver’s seat as they chased down 265.
This was Rohit’s fifth ton of this World Cup and sixth in the two editions he’s played so far. The number too him one ahead of Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara as the player to score most number of centuries in a single World Cup and also helped him also equal cricketing great Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most number of tons at the World Cup.
He reached his century off 92 balls with 14 fours and two sixes but was dismissed shortly afterwards, caught by Angelo Mathews off the bowling of Kasun Rajitha. And not surprisingly, the social media world was all praise for the Indian HITMAN!!!
In last 365 days, Rohit Sharma has aggregated a mind-boggling 2063 runs in 34 innings with 10 hundreds.
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) July 6, 2019
No one else has scored 10 hundreds in ANY span of 365 days in one-day international cricket!#INDvSL #SLvIND
The legend just keeps growing. What a player, Rohit Sharma! pic.twitter.com/qzC9oBW1vX
— Debayan Sen (@debayansen) July 6, 2019
Only two men in 142 years history of international cricket have scored 5 centuries in one series/tournament. Rohit Sharma in WC 2019 and Sir Clyde Walcott in a Test series vs Aus in 1955. #CWC19
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) July 6, 2019
@ImRo45 you absolutely genius Man!
— Perfect Mess💫 (@smileandtears_) July 6, 2019
Well played! ❤
His peers and former cricketers too joined to congratulate Rohit on his achievement.
A record breaking 5th World Cup century in #CWC19 for Rohit Sharma. A pure pleasure to watch. Surely he will leave a legacy as one of the great white ball batsmen.
— ian bishop (@irbishi) July 6, 2019
Eating 100’s for breakfast... #RohitSharma
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) July 6, 2019
They have the temperament, they have what it takes to power up & carry the day on their shoulders. Fiercely focused & consistent with the bat, @ImRo45 @klrahul11 are proving to be quite the opening pair. Fantastic innings the by two, all geared up for semis! #INDvSL #CWC19
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) July 6, 2019
💯 no 5 ! #hitman you legend ! ☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼 where is the mos trophy 🏆 👈🏽🏃🏻♂️🏃🏻♂️🏃🏻♂️ looks like it’s done and dusted 👊🏽 @ImRo45 first man ever to achieve this feat !
— yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) July 6, 2019
Brilliant innings once again by @ImRo45 👏 Always pleasing to the eyes. Wat a player he is. Incredible milestone for him on equally Sachin Paa G’s 6th World Cup hundreds. May God always blesses him wit lot more hundreds in future 👍 @StarSportsIndia @ICC
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) July 6, 2019
The Indian fans will be hoping that the man continues his fine form as India look to make the most of their fine run as the business end of the World Cup begins next week.
Feature image courtesy: AFP Photo/ Dibyangshu Sarkar
