IND vs AFG: Captain Rohit Sharma has announced his arrival at the ICC World Cup 2023 by bat. The ‘Hitman’ scored his century vs Afghanistan in just 63 balls. He smashed 12 boundaries and four sixes in the fiery knock. He broke several records in the process as he now has 31 centuries in ODI and 7 in the ODI World Cup (Highest). He surpassed Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 6 centuries.
Rohit Sharma hits record-breaking knock
In the ICC World Cup 2023 match against Afghanistan in Delhi, India’s batsman Rohit Sharma achieved a new milestone, breaking the record for the most international sixes across all formats, surpassing Chris Gayle’s previous record of 553 sixes in 551 innings. Rohit achieved this feat in just 473 innings, placing him third on the ODI list behind Shahid Afridi and Gayle, while leading the T20I sixes chart with 182 sixes in 140 innings.
Apart from that, Rohit Sharma equaled the record for the joint-fastest batter to reach 1000 runs in World Cups, matching Australia’s David Warner by accomplishing this milestone in 19 innings. Despite starting the World Cup with 978 runs in 17 innings and facing a duck in the first game against Australia in Chennai, Rohit reached this feat. He becomes the fourth Indian to achieve the 1000-run mark in World Cups, following Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and Virat Kohli.
IND vs AFG Playing X1
Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
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