Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has become the joint-fastest to score 1000 runs in World Cup. Needing just 21 after a duck against Australia, Rohit played a blazing knock against Afghanistan to complete 1,000 runs and join David Warner as the fastest batter to do so. He has also broken the record of Chris Gayle for most sixes in international cricket in IND vs AFG clash in Delhi.
Before today, the 36-year-old was on the verge of breaking West Indies’ batter Chris Gayle’s record of most sixes in international cricket. Rohit was on 551 sixes and needed just 2 sixes away to surpass Chris Gayle who held the record with 553 sixes.
Earlier, Rohit became the fastest to hit 550 sixes, surpassing Gayle (548) to reach the feat in just 471 innings across formats.
Most international sixes across formats
Rohit Sharma (India) – 554 sixes*
Chris Gayle (West Indies) – 553 sixes
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) – 476 sixes
Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) – 398 sixes
Martin Guptill (New Zealand) – 383 sixes
The Indian skipper also has a chance to break Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most centuries in a ODI World Cup. Currently, Rohit Sharma and Sachin Tendulkar are on the top of the list with 6 centuries to their name. However, another century will put him above the Master Blaster and make him the player with most centuries in a World Cup.
India Squad for Cricket World Cup 2023
Batters: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav
WKs: Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul (VC)
Seam all-rounders: Shardul Thakur
Spin all-rounders: Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin
Seamers: Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
Spinner: Kuldeep Yadav
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