Milestones achieved by Rohit Sharma during India's 100-run win over England in the World Cup 2023.

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Rohit Sharma-led India made it six wins out of six matches in the 2023 Cricket World Cup with a 100-run demolition of England in Lucknow on Sunday.

Having opted to field first, David Willey (3/45) was the pick of the England bowlers as they restricted India to 229/9, but not without a fightback from Rohit (87) and Suryakumar Yadav (49).

In their reply, England got off to a horrendous start after Jasprit Bumrah struck to remove Dawid Malan and Joe Root in the fifth over.

Things only went worse for the defending champions, with Mohammed Shami (4/22) also joining the party to help them see off England for 129 in 34.5 overs.

During the match against England, the bowlers produced one of the best performances of all time, but it was captain Rohit Sharma’s knock that stood out.

For his 101-ball-87 on the tricky Ekana track, Rohit won the Player of the Match award, and during his stay at the crease, he achieved many milestones as well.

Here’s a look at them:

a) 18000 international runs for Rohit Sharma

Indian skipper Rohit scored a gutsy knock of 87 from 103 balls. By doing so, the veteran cricketer surpassed the 18,000-run mark in international cricket.

In 457 matches, Rohit has raced to 18040 runs at 43.46. He owns 45 tons and 99 fifties.

He is the 20th player in world cricket to amass 18,000-plus international runs.

Rohit, who got past 10500 ODI runs, owns 3853 runs in the twenty-twenty format for India and another 3677 runs in the longest format.

b) 10500 ODI runs for Rohit

Rohit has also gone past 10500 ODI runs. He owns 10510 runs at 49.34.

Rohit struck his 54th ODI fifty, besides also having 31 tons under his belt. He is now the sixth Indian to surpass 10500 ODI runs and the 12th overall. He went past Chris Gayle’s tally of 10480 runs in ODIs.

c) 12th score of 50-plus in ODI Cricket World Cup

With the help of his 87-run effort, Rohit has got to 12 scores of 50-plus in the ODI World Cups.

Rohit registered his fifth fifty and has already smacked seven centuries. With 12 fifty-plus scores, he has leveled the show with Virat Kohli, Kumar Sangakkara, and Shakib Al Hasan. Only Sachin Tendulkar owns more (21).

d) Rohit Sharma became the seventh Indian to captain the side in 100 or more matches.

e) Rohit has the highest winning percentage (74) among players who have captained in 100 or more matches at the international level.

f) Rohit holds the record for most wins as captain after 100 matches in international cricket.

g) Rohit became the first Indian captain to win all of his first six matches as captain in the ODI World Cup.

h) Rohit has become the 3rd player to get past 1000 ODI runs in 2023. He has raced to 1056 runs this year, averaging 55.57.

i) Rohit has won seven Player of the Match awards in 23 ODI World Cup matches played so far. Only Sachin Tendulkar (9) has more.