India got their second progressive triumph in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 World Cup, whipping Afghanistan by 8 wickets at the Arun Jaitley Arena in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Indian men’s cricket crew chief Rohit Sharma broke numerous records as he crushed 131 off only 84 balls, with the assistance of 16 fours and five maximums.
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Rohit turned into the main Indian to score seven World Cup hundreds, outperforming the incredible Sachin Tendulkar. While Tendulkar kept six centuries in as numerous versions of World Cups that he played — 1992, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011, Rohit accomplished the accomplishment in just three: 2015, 2019 and 2023. Rohit likewise holds the record of scoring the most hundreds of years (five) by any player in a World Cup release — an accomplishment that he accomplished in 2019 in Britain. Rohit’s ton against Afghanistan was his 31st generally, taking him past Australian legend Ricky Ponting. He is currently behind India’s Virat Kohli (47) and Tendulkar (49) throughout the entire existence of ODI cricket.
Rohit likewise broke Kapil Dev’s (72) record of the quickest ODI century for India in World Cup history, moving into triple figures off only 63 balls (12x4s, 4x6s).
Rohit likewise broke Chris Gayle’s record (553) for most sixes in Global cricket. West Indies force to be reckoned with Gayle had amassed a take of 553 sixes (551 innings), which Rohit outperformed in only 473 innings.
Rohit has 295 sixes in ODIs, 77 in Tests, and 182 in T20Is. Rohit is likewise the third-driving six-hitter among Indians in Test cricket with 77 sixes, just behind Virender Sehwag (91) and MS Dhoni (78).
Ishan Kishan assumed the part of the dependable accomplice, scoring a run-a-ball 47, with Virat Kohli (55 not out) and Shreyas Iyer (25 not out) seeing India home eventually.
Prior, Rohit Sharma equalled the record for the joint-quickest player with David Warner to 1000 runs (19 innings) in World Cups against Afghanistan.
Prior, Afghanistan were confined to 272/8 on a belter of a track and the sun pummeling in the public capital.
Choosing for bat against the double cross bosses, Afghanistan were 63-3 in the fourteenth over before captain Hashmatullah Shahidi (80) and Azmatullah Omarzai (62) joined in a 121-run stand to baffle India.
A complete nearby 300 peered well inside their range yet Afghanistan lost a grasp of wickets towards the finish to make due with an aggregate, which might demonstrate insufficient against India’s considerable batting setup on a batting-accommodating track.
