India captain Rohit Sharma was seen at his imperious finest throughout Match 9 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 in opposition to Afghanistan on Wednesday, October 11 at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. Rohit walked out to bat all weapons blazing as he took on Afghanistan’s bowlers proper from the phrase go. The opening batter went on to attain a record-shattering hundred as he guided India to an enormous eight-wicket win.
Rohit performed a blistering knock of 131 off simply 84 balls as he smacked 16 fours and 5 sixes in his innings. Among the many many luxurious photographs hit by the Indian captain, one in opposition to Azmatullah Omarzai within the ninth over had the gang gasping in admiration.
On the third ball of the over, Rohit dislodged a brief supply method again into the deep mid-wicket together with his trademark pull. The Indian opener launched the ball hovering into the evening sky leaving everybody fascinated. KL Rahul was additionally left awestruck by Rohit’s shot as he was noticed mouthing ‘Oh Wow’ within the dressing room.
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Watch the shot right here:
Throughout his knock, Rohit despatched information for a toss together with his exceptional innings as he put his versatile strokeplay on show. He first accomplished 1000 runs in ODI World Cup by dancing down the observe and smoking Fazalhaq Farooqui for a most over deep additional cowl. The 36-year-old turned the joint quickest batter to attain 1000 runs within the match reaching the landmark in 19 innings like David Warner.
Rohit Sharma scored quickest hundred by an Indian in ODI World Cup
He additionally registered the quickest hundred by an Indian batter within the ODI World Cup reaching the landmark in simply 63 balls. Rohit left behind former Indian opener Virender Sehwag who had achieved the feat in 81 balls vs Bermuda within the 2007 World Cup.
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The Nagpur-born batter additionally rose to the highest within the listing of most sixes in worldwide cricket abandoning Chris Gayle’s tally of 553 maximums. Rohit now has 556 sixes to his identify in worldwide cricket from 473 innings.
Courtesy of his knock, India chased down the goal of 273 in 35 overs and received the match by eight wickets. The Indian captain was deservedly awarded Participant of the Match for his record-breaking innings.
