Lord's has a new name etched into its storied history books. Rohit Sharma became the first Indian batter to score a one-day international century at the ground, reaching triple figures off just 84 balls with a well-timed boundary that had the crowd on its feet.
Ganguly's 22-year mark finally falls
Until this innings, the benchmark for Indian batters at Lord's belonged to Sourav Ganguly, who compiled 90 runs at the venue back in 2004, the highest score an Indian had ever posted there. That mark stood untouched for more than two decades before Rohit's innings swept past it, placing his name permanently on the Lord's honours board, a list reserved for the game's most celebrated players.
Age catching up? Not for the Hitman
Cricket wisdom holds that reflexes slow with age, but Rohit Sharma continues to defy that logic. This century makes him the oldest Indian to score an ODI hundred. While most players at his stage of a career start planning retirement, Rohit's batting has only grown sharper. His judgment of length, his sense of timing and the calm he brings to the crease set an example for younger batters, and observers often note that he seems to have half a second more than everyone else to play his shots. His innings at Lord's was a showcase of exactly that quality.
Busting the SENA myth, past Tendulkar and de Villiers
Asian batters are often said to struggle in conditions outside the subcontinent, particularly in England. Rohit Sharma's record challenges that assumption directly. This was his eighth ODI century on English soil, a tally that gives him the all-time record for the most one-day centuries by any batter in a single overseas country, surpassing legends such as Sachin Tendulkar and South Africa's AB de Villiers.
A tally of 51 international centuries
The Lord's innings also pushed Rohit Sharma past another career milestone, taking his overall tally of international centuries to 51, a number that places him among the game's most prolific batters. It was his 34th century in ODI cricket, while he also holds 12 hundreds in Test cricket and 5 in T20 internationals, a spread of numbers that reflects his mastery across all three formats.
