India, July 20 -- Rohit Sharma is fast making it a habit of saving his best for last. Before Sunday, thrice in his last four One-Day International series, the former skipper produced his highest score in the final match - against Australia in Sydney (121 not out, October 2025), South Africa in Visakhapatnam (75, December 2025) and Afghanistan in Chennai (79, June 2026).

In a way, therefore, it came as no surprise that the right-hander fashioned a memorable 138 on Sunday, in the deciding ODI against England at Lord's, comfortably his most voluminous tally in the three-match showdown. Unlike in the previous three instances, this came in a losing cause; India's bowlers had been caned to the tune of 387 by a turbo-charged English line-up, an...