Rohit Sharma: Hitman became king of sixes, broke Chris Gayle’s record

By Team Azad On Oct 11, 2023

IND vs AFG: In ODI World Cup 2023, India defeated Afghanistan by 8 wickets. In this match, Afghanistan set India a target of 273 runs to win, which India easily achieved. This is India’s second consecutive win in ODI World Cup 2023. Rohit Sharma batted brilliantly for India in this match. He has scored the fastest century for India in ODI World Cup.

Rohit Sharma scored the highest 131 runs for India. He has scored the fastest century for India in ODI World Cup. He also became the fastest player to complete 1000 runs in ODI World Cup. Rohit’s brilliant innings earned him the man of the match award.

As soon as Rohit Sharma came in to open the innings against Afghanistan, he started to bat aggressively. Rohit completed his half century in just 30 balls in this match. Meanwhile, he has hit 4 sixes. With this, Rohit became the batsman who hit the most number of sixes in world cricket. Rohit has now hit a total of 555 international sixes. Also, he has surpassed Chris Gayle in this case. Gayle has a total of 553 international sixes to his name. Shahid Afridi is on the third position with 476 sixes.

Meanwhile, Rohit has become the fastest player to score a century for India in the history of the World Cup. He has broken Kapil Dev’s record. Kapil scored a 72-ball century against Zimbabwe in the 1983 ODI World Cup.

Apart from this, Rohit Sharma has crossed the milestone of 1000 runs in the World Cup. Rohit Sharma scored runs in 2015 and 2019 World Cup. Rohit Sharma crossed the milestone of 1000 runs in the 19th match of the World Cup. Three Indians have achieved this feat before Virat Kohli. Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Sourav Ganguly have previously scored more than 1000 runs for India in the World Cup.