5 things you may not have known about Rohit Sharma

Two centuries in Ranji Trophy final

International cricket might have superceded domestic cricket in the modern era but there can be little doubt that the latter still has an important role to play in developing players. As far as India is concerned, Ranji Trophy is undeniably the pinnacle of Indian domestic cricket. Although Rohit Sharma hasn't played it for long enough to have a lot of records, he still holds one that has only been achieved by five other players in Ranji history.

When Rohit scored a hundred in both innings for Mumbai in the 2008/09 final against Uttar Pradesh, he became only the sixth player to achieve that feat. Of the others who have achieved that, three of them are practically legends. Sachin Tendulkar have plenty of records to his name including this one and two others have trophies named after them. Mushtaq Ali and Vijay Hazare being those in question.

The first-ever player to achieve this feat was Mushtaq Ali for Holkar against Bombay in 1944/45 in a match that they ultimately lost by 374 runs. Hazare followed him in achieving that feat five years later. Hanumant Singh for Rajasthan and Surinder Khanna for Delhi were the others to have achieved that feat before Sachin Tendulkar, who scored it in the 1994/95 final.