WC'19: Rohit Sharma breaks Sachin Tendulkar's record

While playing 103 runs knock he has surpassed legendary Sachin Tendulkar and Shakib-Al-Hasan's tallies.

Leeds: Indian opener Rohit Sharma has slammed his record fifth ton of the 2019 World Cup and third consecutive of the ongoing tournament against Sri Lanka as India finished top on the points table with 15 points here at Headingley on Saturday. Rohit now owns the record of most hundreds in a single World Cup as he broke Kumar Sangakkara's 2015 World Cup tally of four hundreds.

The right-handed batsman's record-breaking spree didn't stop there. While playing 103 runs knock he has surpassed legendary Sachin Tendulkar and Shakib-Al-Hasan's tallies since he has become the batsman with most runs in the group or league stage of a single edition of the World Cup.

Rohit Sharma now has six World Cup hundreds. No other batsman has more.

Sachin had scored 586 runs in the group stage of 2003 World Cup and Rohit finished the league phase with a whopping 647 runs tally in 9 matches at an average of 92.43. Earlier, Shakib amassed 606 runs in 9 matches in the ongoing cricketing extravaganza in England and Walse.

In India's final round-robin league match, Rohit opened the innings with 544 runs and when he was dismissed by Kasun Rajitha he finished with 647 runs tally.

Given Rohit's terrific form, he is expected to break Sachin's record of most runs-673- in a World Cup which he scored in 2003.