When Rohit Sharma hooked Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman over long leg boundary off the last ball of the 33rd over of India's innings for a six to bring up his 11th ODI hundred, a significant milestone was reached which was never achieved any time before. The hundred by Rohit was the 1000th scored in England across the three formats - first time it happened in any country. It was only apt that the landmark was first reached in the country where cricket itself was born.
THE MILLENNIUM MARK
1000 international centuries in England: A statistical journey
The 1000th century was scored by Rohit Sharma in the 921st game played in England. © Cricbuzz
A look into the significant numbers from this journey of 1000 hundreds:
1000 Number of international hundreds scored in 971 matches in England - the most in any host country. Australia is the next best with 994 centuries. 836 of these hundreds were scored in Tests while the only one scored in T20Is in England incidentally holds the record for the highest individual score in that format -
