IND vs AFG: Rohit Sharma broke Sachin Tendulkar's record,the
hitman scored his seventh historic century in the World Cup.
New Delhi: Indian captain Rohit Sharma created history when he scored a century against Afghanistan in the
World Cup 2023. Hitman has now become the batsman who has scored the most centuries in the World Cup with
seven centuries.
Rohit Sharma scored 131 runs in 84 balls with the help of 16 fours and five sixes. Talking about the match,
after winning the toss, Afghanistan made its second highest score of the World Cup and scored 272 runs for
eight wickets in the stipulated 50 overs. In reply, the Indian team seems to be easily moving towards its
second win in the tournament.
Sachin Tendulkar's record broken
Master-blaster Sachin Tendulkar, who played six World Cups, had scored six centuries in 44 innings, but
Rohit Sharma completed seven centuries in the 20th innings of only his third World Cup.In the 2019 World
Cup played on the difficult soil of England, Rohit Sharma scored a record five centuries. This was the
record for most centuries in a single World Cup.
Most centuries from World Cup
7 centuries- Rohit Sharma (20 innings)
6 centuries- Sachin Tendulkar (44 innings)
5 centuries- Kumar Sangakkara (35 innings)
5 centuries- Ricky Ponting (42 innings)
4 centuries- David Warner (18 innings)
Fastest thousand runs in World Cup (ODI)
19- Rohit Sharma
19- David Warner
19- Rohit Sharma
20- Sachin Tendulkar
20- AB de Villiers
21- Vivian Richards
21- Sourav Ganguly
Most sixes in international cricket
556 Rohit Sharma
553 Chris Gayle
476 Shahid Afridi
398 Brendon McCullum
383 Martin Guptill
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