Rohit Sharma breaks Sachin's record for most centuries in World Cup history

Rohit Sharma broke Sachin Tendulkar's record for most centuries in World Cup history by scoring a hundred against Afghanistan at New Delhi. This was his 7th World Cup century

India’s Rohit Sharma was on a record breaking spree against Afghanistan in the World Cup match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, also known as the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi. As soon as he scored the century with a single off Rashid Khan, he broke legendary Sachin Tendulkar’s record for most centuries in World Cup history. 

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This was Sharma’s seventh ODI World Cup century in only his third World Cup. Tendulkar scored his six centuries across sox World Cups. Rohit has also played only 19 matches to get to this milestone while Tendulkar played 45 matches. 

 

Top Five Players with Most Centuries in World Cup history 

Player	World Cup  Centuries	Country	World Cup Matches
Rohit Sharma	7	India	19
Sachin Tendulkar	6	India	45
Kumar Sangakkara	5	Sri Lanka	37
Ricky Ponting	5	Australia	42
David Warner	4	Australia	19

Rohit Sharma: Fastest Century by an Indian in World Cup

Rohit scored this century in just 63 balls to register the fastest hundred by an Indian in a World Cup match. He broke Kapil Dev’s record of a 72-ball hundred that he had achieved against New Zealand. 

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This has been a World Cup of fastest centuries as Aidne Markram broke Kevin O’Brien’s record for fastest World Cup century ever by scoring a century in just 49 balls against Sri Lanka. In another match, Sri Lankan Kusal Perera scored a century in 65 balls against Pakistan to become the fastest centurion for the island nation in World Cup history.