World Cup 2023 : India broke many records with 8 wicket victory in India vs Afghanistan match. The names of Indian captain Rohit Sharma, King Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah are included in breaking these records.

On the basis of captain Rohit Sharma's record-breaking century, India registered its second consecutive win by defeating Afghanistan by 8 wickets with 90 balls remaining in the ODI World Cup match on Wednesday. Let's talk about the records broken in this action packed encounter:

1. Rohit Sharma broke Chris Gayle's record of 553 sixes hit in 473 innings. Rohit broke this record in this match and completed 554 sixes, that too in just 473 innings.
2. Rohit became the fastest batsman to score a century in World Cup history. He completed his century in just 63 balls. Earlier this record was in the name of Virender Sehwag who had scored a century in only 81 balls in 2007.
3. Rohit broke Sachin Tendulkar's tie for scoring most centuries in the World Cup with his 7th century in just 19 innings in three editions.
4. The Hitman equaled David Warner to become the fastest batsman to score 1000 runs in the ODI World Cup in 19 innings. After Sachin, Sourav Ganguly and Virat Kohli, Rohit became the fourth Indian to score 1000 runs in the World Cup.
5. Rohit also broke the record of runs scored by any Indian while chasing in the ODI World Cup. Rohit's 131 runs in chases are the highest by an Indian, surpassing Tendulkar's 127 runs scored against Kenya in 1996.
6. Rohit scored his 31st century in this match, with this he became the player with the third highest number of centuries in ODI cricket, leaving behind Ricky Ponting's 30 centuries.
7. Rohit also became the opener with the second highest number of centuries (29) in ODIs, leaving behind Sanath Jayasuriya. Tendulkar leads with 45 centuries.
8. Ro-Superhit Sharma crossed 50 international sixes in a year for a record fourth time (2017, 2018, 2019 & 2023*), surpassing Gayle's tally of three such (2009, 2012 & 2019).
9. Rohit's 76 runs in the first powerplay are the most runs scored by an Indian batsman in an ODI innings. The previous best score of 70 was made by Robin Uthappa against West Indies in 2007.
10. Rohit is the oldest captain (36 years, 164 days) to score a century in the World Cup.
11. Rohit Sharma became the first batsman in Asia to hit more than 350 sixes.
12. Rohit Sharma became the batsman who hit the most sixes among Indians in the NDA World Cup. He broke the record of Tendulkar who had hit 28 sixes.

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Publish Date : October 12, 2023

Posted By Ravi Kumar

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