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The Indian team lost by 32 runs in the second ODI against Sri Lanka. Chasing a target of 241 runs, the Indian team was all out for just 208 runs. The first match between the two teams was a tie. In this match, except Rohit Sharma, the other batsmen failed to perform well. He scored a half-century in the match, but as soon as he was out, Team India's batting collapsed like a pack of cards.
Rohit Sharma broke Sachin Tendulkar's record
The pair of Rohit Sharma and Shubhman Gill made an excellent opening partnership of 97 runs. Rohit-Gill were batting well then. In such a situation, it seemed that Team India would win the match easily. But the course of the match changed as soon as Rohit was out. He scored 64 runs in 44 balls, which included 5 fours and 4 sixes. This is his 121st 50+ score as an opener in international cricket.
Rohit Sharma has become the player to score the most 50+ scores as an opener in international cricket for India. With this, he has broken Sachin Tendulkar's record. Sachin scored 120 fifty plus scores in international cricket as an opener for India. Now Rohit has reached number one, leaving behind all the Indian players.
Rohit Sharma broke Sachin Tendulkar's record
Let us tell you that after winning the toss and batting first in the second ODI, the Sri Lankan team lost 6 wickets for 136 runs at one point. But after this Dunith Village Kamindu Mendis batted well. Thanks to these two, the score of the Sri Lankan team crossed 200 runs. Velez scored 39 runs and Mendis scored 40 runs. After this Jeffrey Vandersay took 6 wickets in the match. He broke the back of the Indian batting order. He was given the 'Player of the Match' award for his excellent performance.