Rohit Sharma Equals Sachin Tendulkar's Monumental Record With Century In Dharamsala

India captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill struck sublime hundreds as India pressed the advantage in the fifth Test against England by reaching 264 for one at lunch on Day 2. Rohit (102 batting off 160 balls) and Gill (101 batting off 142 balls) walked out in the middle in bright sunshine and milked the conditions to take India well past England's first innings total of 218 after resuming the innings at 135 for one. En route to their brilliant partnership, Rohit went on to equal Sachin Tendulkar's record of scoring the most number of centuries in international cricket after turning 30, for an Indian.

Both Rohit and Sachin have now scored 35 centuries each since turning 30. The list overall, however, is led by Sri Lanka great Kumar Sangakkara who has 43 hundreds to his name since turning 30.

Cricketers with most centuries in international cricket after turning 30:

43 - Kumar Sangakkara
36 - Matthew Hayden
36 - Ricky Ponting
35 - Rohit Sharma
35 - Sachin Tendulkar

As for the match, India led the visitors by 46 runs at lunch and were on course for a massive first innings total. England tried everything to contain them, whether it was employing the leg-slip for Rohit when Shoaib Bashir was in operation or Mark Wood using the odd short ball against the opening duo with as many as six fielders on the leg side.

However, nothing worked for the visitors despite the Barmy Army making a lot more noise than the Indian fans at the stunning HPCA stadium. Rohit and Gill collected 129 runs from 30 overs in the two hours of play.

Rohit and Gill, who were batting on 52 and 26 overnight, gave themselves an over each after start of play before going for their strokes.

Off-spinner Bashir opened the bowling alongside veteran pacer James