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Rohit Sharma (source: Twitter)
In the ongoing ODI World Cup 2023, India faced Afghanistan at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. After a great bowling performance from pacer Jasprit Bumrah, India skipper Rohit Sharma stole the show with his magnificent batting performance. At a great batting wicket, Rohit got off to a classy start as he scored the fastest century for India in ODI World Cup history.
Rohit broke the great Kapil Dev's 72-ball century record to register his 7th ODI tonne in the tournament. He also broke Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar's record for most centuries in World Cup history. In his record-breaking innings, Rohit also became the player with the third-highest ODI century in the history of the game. He surpassed Australian great Ricky Ponting, as he now has 31 centuries in ODI cricket.
In his spectacular batting, Rohit Sharma also scored the highest runs in the first powerplay for India since 2002. He scored 76 runs on just 43 balls in the first 10 overs of the run chase. With this performance, he surpassed Robin Uthappa's 70-run innings against the West Indies in 2007. It's worth noting that Rohit also crossed the 1000-run mark in ODI World Cup history, becoming the third batter after Sachin and Kohli to do so.
Rohit Sharma broke Crish Gayle's most sixes record
Rohit in his innings also broke the record for hitting the most number of sixes in international cricket. He smacked four sixes to surpass Universal Boss Crish Gayle. After 17 overs of run chase, Rohit had 555 sixes in 453 international games. Rohit has scored 121 sixes against Australia in his career, followed by 88 against the West Indies, 78 against Sri Lanka, 68 against New Zealand, and 56 against South Africa.
However, earlier in the game, India bowled well after a great partnership between Afghanistan skipper Hasmatullah Shahidi and Rahmat Shah. Pacer Jasprit Bumrah clinched four wickets and restricted Afghanistan to a competitive total of 264/8 in 50 overs. Apart from Bumrah, Hardik Pandya clinched two wickets, while Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja got one wicket each.
Here is how fans react to Rohit Sharma's record-breaking innings:
Pakistan wale be like pic.twitter.com/VFmHWCC8r6
— Parth Goyal (@StocksRoyale) October 11, 2023
G O A T pic.twitter.com/QTh0DgRIch
— Rainbow Salt (@Rainbowsalts91) October 11, 2023
What’s stopping us from winning the cup
— Rahul Varma (@urscoolrahul) October 11, 2023
— RavY* (@Ra__Virat) October 11, 2023
From not being selected in the 2011 World Cup Squad to scoring the fastest century for #India at the #CWC, #RohitSharma's journey is incredible! #INDvsAFG
— Siddharth Roy (@RoySiddharth19) October 11, 2023
Total carnage
— Anoop Mundhra (@anoopmundhra) October 11, 2023
Highest sixes
Fastest hundred
Massive hitting
Ishan kishan in partnership pic.twitter.com/w9BJghNhcd
— Abhishek (@be_mewadi) October 11, 2023
What a lovely innings man! It's just absolute bliss to see those shots. Rohit is something else❤️
— Shahzeb Khan (@theshahzebkhan) October 11, 2023
Bringing the stands on their feet 🙌 A knock for the ages!
— Thums Up (@ThumsUpOfficial) October 11, 2023
rohit is playing his innings today like his fav dish is afghan jalebi 😉 #INDvsAFG
— Swiggy (@Swiggy) October 11, 2023