New Delhi. Team India is facing Netherlands in the round robin final match of World Cup 2023. In the match, captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat. Rohit and Shubman Gill gave Team India a flying start. Both added 91 runs in the first 10 overs. In this way the team has gone on to a big score. The Indian team has won all their 8 matches played so far in the round robin. In such a situation, he is eyeing his 9th win in a row. The team has already made it to the semi-finals. India and New Zealand will meet in the semi-final match to be played on November 15 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Ahead of the knockout round, skipper Rohit set several records with his brilliant batting on Sunday and sent a warning to the Kiwi team.
Rohit Sharma is entering the ODI World Cup as captain for the first time. He has become the highest run-scoring Indian captain in a season. First time an Indian skipper has reached 500 runs. He surpassed Sourav Ganguly in this regard. Rohit was dismissed for 61 runs off 54 balls against the Netherlands. Hit 8 fours and 2 sixes. Prior to this, Ganguly scored 465 runs at an average of 58 in 11 matches in the 2003 World Cup. He has also scored 3 centuries. In 2003, Team India also managed to make it to the finals. However, he lost to Australia. Rohit Sharma has so far scored 503 runs in 9 innings at an average of 56 in the current World Cup. Scored a century and 3 fifties. The strike rate is 121.
Completed 14 thousand runs as an opener
As an opener, Rohit Sharma has completed 14 thousand runs in international cricket i.e. Test, ODI and T20. He is only the third Indian to do so. Earlier only Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar could do this. Sehwag has scored 15758 runs at an average of 42 in 321 matches. He has scored 36 centuries and 65 fifties. 319 runs is the best performance. Sachin has scored 15335 runs at an average of 48 in 346 matches. He has scored 45 centuries and 75 fifties. 200 runs unbeaten is the best performance. On the other hand, Rohit has so far scored 14049 runs in 312 matches. He has scored 40 centuries and 72 fifties.
Has hit the most sixes in a year
Rohit Sharma hit 2 sixes in his half century innings against Netherlands. With this, he has become the batsman with the most number of sixes in ODIs in a year. He has hit 60 sixes so far in 2023. He has surpassed former South African attacking batsman AB de Villiers. De Villiers hit the most sixes in 2015 with 58. First time an Indian has hit 50 sixes. Before this, Rohit hit the most sixes in 2017 with 47.
First the team was out of the World Cup, then the big action from the ICC, now out of the Champions Trophy too
Scored more than 500 runs for the second time in a row
Rohit Sharma is the second Indian to score more than 500 runs twice in World Cup history. He became the first Indian batsman to do so in two consecutive seasons. Rohit scored 648 runs in the 2019 World Cup. Former Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar scored more than 500 runs twice in 1996 and 2003. As the captain, Rohit has also become the player to hit the most number of sixes in the World Cup. He has hit 24 sixes so far in 2023. Earlier in the 2019 World Cup, Eoin Morgan hit the most 22 sixes as the captain of England. Then the English team also became champions.
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Tags: The Netherlands, Rohit Sharma, Team India, World Cup 2023
First published: November 12, 2023, 15:44 IST