Indian Cricket team captain, Rohit Sharma tumbled several records during India vs Afghanistan ODI World Cup 2023 fixture held on Wednesday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. During the epic clash, Rohit played a scintillating knock of 133 runs off 85 balls guiding India to a spectacular victory. In this process, Rohit Sharma also became the fastest player to smash a century in a World Cup. He did that by achieving the landmark in just 65 balls. Rohit surpassed Kapil Dev’s record of 100 runs off 72 balls registered against Zimbabwe in 1983. He broke that record which was intact for almost 40 days. Not only this Rohit also became the player with the most centuries in World Cup history surpassing Tendulkar’s record of six tons. There are several records that were broken by Rohit Sharma & CO during the IND vs AFG ODI World Cup fixture let’s have a look at them.
Records broken by Rohit Sharma during Epic IND vs AFG World Cup clash
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Fastest to reach 1,000 ODI World Cup Runs
The hitman of World Cricket has never failed to amaze us with his power-hitting skills. This time his aggressive batting approach helped him to script history in ODI World Cups. Rohit Sharma became the joint fastest player to reach 1000 runs in ODI World Cups. He did that by smashing a ton in just 19 innings. Earlier, David Warner reached the 1000 ODI run in the World Cup mark in just 19 innings against India. Achieving such a major feat is not a small thing for any batsman & Rohit has done that effortlessly.
2) Most Sixes in International Cricket
During Rohit’s onslaught of 133 runs off 85 balls, there were many unique records that the prolific batter went on to achieve. During his swashbuckling innings, Rohit went on to hit five sixes to surpass Chris Gayle’s record for most sixes in the International format. The Indian Captain has 556 sixes in all formats of Cricket surpassing Chris Gayle’s record of 553 sixes. It was a proud moment for Rohit when he achieved the remarkable feat in his 453rd International fixture while Gayle took 483 games to breach the mark of most sixes. Notably, only Gayle & Rohit are the two players in World Cricket to have 500+ sixes in International Cricket. Achieving a rare record was no less than a lifetime achievement for Rohit Sharma.
3) Fastest Century for India in World Cups
Rohit Sharma’s record-breaking 131 runs innings helped him to break the record for fastest ton for India in ODI World Cups. Rohit Sharma did the unimaginable by bringing up his ton in just 63 balls against Afghanistan. By achieving this feat he surpassed Kapil Dev’s record of 72 balls 100 which he scored in the 1983 edition of the World Cup against Zimbabwe. Rohit Sharma adopted the T20I approach as in the initial overs he went with a cautious approach but once settled he openers his arms by smashing Fazalhaq Farooqui for a boundary. And after that, there was no stopping for the ‘hitman’ who brought up his fifty in just 30 balls & century in 63 balls.
4) Highest Individual Score by an Indian in the ODI World Cup chase
The India vs Afghanistan fixture in ODI World Cup 2023 proved special for Rohit Sharma as he added a number of records to his kitty. The prolific opener’s 131 runs off 85 balls helped him to register the highest Individual score by an Indian batter in the ODI World Cup chase. Rohit surpassed Tendulkar’s unbeaten 127 runs mark in the chase against Kenya in World Cup 1996. This is a rare feat as not every batter could reach such high scores in pressure situations. And Rohit did that exceptionally by bringing up a scintillating 133 runs in 85 balls.
5) Opener with most centuries in ODI format
Rohit’s 133-run knock helped him to unlock many accolades as an opener. Not to forget Rohit became the opener with the second-most centuries in the ODI format with 29 tons in his kitty. He surpassed the Jayasuriya tally of 28 ODI tons & proudly occupies the second spot on the batters with the most centuries in the ODI format list. Notably, Sir Tendulkar is the leader on this list with 45 tons. Playing a fearless innings is not an easy task for an opener as they had to lay the foundation of successful innings for their team which is not easy at all.
6) Third Most centuries in the ODI format
Rohit Sharma stayed true to his name as he reached another crucial milestone in his illustrious career. Rohit On Wednesday registered his 31st ODI ton & with that, he overtook Australia’s great Ricky Pointing to occupy third place in the most centuries in the ODI format list. Only Kohli (47) and Tendulkar (49) stand above Rohit after the Delhi knock. Not only this, Rohit is so far the only captain to hit a century in the ongoing ODI World Cup 2023.
7) Most runs in the powerplay overs by an Indian batter
Rohit Sharma has also become the first Indian to score the most runs in the powerplay overs in ODI format. The previous best score was 70 which was scored by Robin Uthappa against West Indies in 2007. Rohit Sharma is known for his aggressive batting style & fearless approach. And staying true to his name, the hitman broke all the shackles to score a plethora of runs against Afghanistan.
These are rare records that were broken by Rohit Sharma during IND vs AFG ODI World Cup 2023. But other players of the team too did their best & got some exceptional records registered on their name. Let’s have a look at the records achieved by other players.
Other Records tumbled during the IND vs AFG World Cup 2023 fixture
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Virat Kohli became the highest run-scorer in World Cups
The prolific batter has surpassed legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar to become the highest run-scorer in World Cup history. Virat has amassed a total of 2311 runs in 53 innings of both T20 & ODI World Cups which is more than Sachin Tendulakr’s 2278 runs from 45 innings in ODI World Cups.
2. Most Fifty Plus Scores in ODI
The IND vs AFG clash was also special for Virat Kohli who added major accolades to his kitty. He overtook Sachin for scoring the most fifty-plus scores in ODI run chases by doing so 46 times. Sachin Tendulkar is ahead of him by scoring 50+ scores for 45 times.
3. Only player to achieve 50+ average in white ball format
Virat Kohli becomes the only player to achieve 50 50-plus average in all White ball tournaments. He has achieved a 50-plus average in (Champions Trophy, T20 World Cup, and ODI World Cups). Kohli’s ODI World Cup average is 50.86. He averages 88.16 in the Champions Trophy & 81.50 in the T20 World Cups.
4) Jasprit Bumrah recorded his best ODI World Cup bowling figures
Boom-Boom Bumrah recorded the best ODI World Cup figures during the India vs Afghanistan clash. He returned with marvelous figures of 4-39 to record his best bowling figures in World Cup history. Bumrah has made a fabulous comeback after injury as he has wreaked havoc with the ball & helped team India to register glorious wins.
On the back of some gleaming performances from Captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli & Jaspirt Bumrah India registered a massive eight-wicket win over Afghanistan. Now the eyes will be on India’s upcoming fixture against Pakistan on 14 October 2023.
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