The Indian skipper Rohit Sharma surpassed cricket legend Chris Gayle for the Most Sixes in Worldwide Cricket within the match in opposition to Afghanistan within the World Cup conflict at Delhi.

Most Sixes in Worldwide Cricket

India is scheduled to play within the ninth ICC World Cup 2023 match in opposition to Afghanistan on October 11 at Arun Jaitley Stadium. On this event, the skipper Rohit Sharma surpassed Chris Gayle along with his 554 sixes in his worldwide profession.

Successful the toss Afghanistan selected to bat the place Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran opened the innings whereas Bumrah opened the bowling assault. The openers had a reasonable begin as Gurbaz scored 21 runs and was dismissed by Hardik Pandya.

Ibrahim Zadran was dismissed by Jasprit Bumrah for 22 runs within the seventh over.  With the dismissal of Rahmat for 16 runs by Shardul Thakur, Bangladesh was down to 3 wickets scoring 63 runs.

Shahidi got here to the rescue as he scored 80 runs and was dismissed by Kuldeep Yadav, whereas Azmatullah scored 62 runs on 69 deliveries and was despatched out by Hardik Pandya. They’d a great partnership rating which helped the facet on the scoreboard.

Different batters had been despatched out with low figures by the extreme bowling assault from Indian bowlers. Jasprit Bumrah dismissed 4 wickets whereas Hardik Pandya scalped two wickets. Thakur and Kuldeep Yadav dismissed one wicket every. By the tip, Afghanistan scored 272 runs in 50 overs shedding 8 wickets.

With a goal of 273, the Indian skipper Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan opened the innings whereas Fazalhaq Farooqi opened the bowling assault. Rohit Sharma had a great begin as he scored fifty. India has been enjoying steadily and rising their rating rating.

Ishan Kishan was despatched out with 47 runs by Rashid Khan. The skipper Rohit Sharma was despatched out with 131 runs on 84 balls by Rashid Khan on the twenty sixth over.

On this event, Rohit Sharma joins and stands third within the record for most runs for India in World Cups. Sachin Tendulkar tops the record with 2278 runs and Virat Kohli stands second with 1115 runs. Sourav Ganguly scored 1006 runs and stands fourth whereas Rahul Dravid stands fifth with 860 runs.

Rohit Sharma was recorded because the Quickest Indian to finish 1000 ODI runs in World Cups. He achieved this feat with 19 innings and stands collectively with David Warner. Sachin Tendulkar and AB de Villiers stand subsequent to them finishing this feat in 20 innings.

Rohit Sharma additionally surpassed Chris Gayle with probably the most sixes in worldwide cricket. He has 554 sixes in his worldwide cricket profession. Chris Gayle has 553 sixes and stands second whereas Shahid Afridi stands third with 476 sixes. Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill stand in fourth and fifth place with 398 and 383 sixes.

Most sixes in worldwide cricket

• 554* – Rohit Sharma
• 553 – Chris Gayle
• 476 – Shahid Afridi
• 398 – Brendon McCullum
• 383 – Martin Guptill