IND vs ENG: Rohit Sharma broke this record of Chris Gayle, now Sachin is eyeing this achievement!

Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma played a century in the last Test match of the five-match Test series against England being played in Dharamsala. He scored a century of 103 runs in India's first innings.

Through this innings, he has defeated the legendary West Indies opener Chris Gayle. Rohit Sharma has now scored 43 centuries as an opener in international cricket. Veteran West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle had scored a total of 42 centuries in international cricket as an opener. The world record in this matter is in the name of Australian opener David Warner, who has scored 49 centuries while opening.

Second place in this list is India's great batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who scored a total of 45 centuries while opening. Now Rohit Sharma will be eyeing to leave Sachin Tendulkar behind in this matter. Rohit now has 12 centuries in Test cricket.

PC: espncricinfo