![]() If he goes past them, Kohli will scale the second spot in ODI history, though Tendulkar (18,426) will perhaps remain elusive. Off it, Kohli (13,342) now stands within striking distance of Sanath Jayasuriya (13,430) and Ponting (13,704), and even Sangakkara (14,234) is within a thousand runs. A Rohit-Kohli race is something Indian fans should cherish.īut all that is at the World Cup alone. Only three men – Tendulkar (2,243), Ricky Ponting (1,743), and Kumar Sangakkara (1,532) are ahead of them. Four matches later, the difference reads 46 – Kohli, 1,289 Rohit Sharma, 1,243. Sharma came into this edition 52 World Cup runs behind Virat Kohli. ![]() The way Sharma is going this time, even Gayle’s record of 26 in the 2015 World Cup seems achievable. Sourav Ganguly (15 in 2003) still tops this chart, but probably not for long. In second place is… Sharma himself (14 in 2019). While still on sixes, Rohit’s 13 at the 2023 World Cup is third on the all-time list for India. This seems an unrealistic target for this World Cup, but if Rohit plays on after that… why not? Currently on 305, he is behind only Shahid Afridi (351) and Gayle (331). Chris Gayle, the only man ahead of them, is some distance ahead at 49, but it is not unrealistic to expect that Sharma would surpass Gayle: he has, after all, hit 13 sixes across his last three innings!ĭuring the Pakistan match, Rohit Sharma hit the 300th six of his ODI career. He has currently hit 36, one behind AB de Villiers’ 37. One record Sharma is approaching rapidly is that of most sixes in World Cup history. While it is true that Tendulkar made 673 in 2003 and Matthew Hayden 659 in 2007, it is also true that Sharma played only nine games in 2019 – two fewer than Tendulkar or Hayden’s tally. Rohit Sharma also amassed 648 runs with five 100s in that World Cup. This remains a record for a single World Cup edition. In England four years ago, Rohit had made five 100s (including three in a row, against England, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka). But 2023 is not even Sharma’s best World Cup yet. It also took him past Sachin Tendulkar’s World Cup record of six centuries. Sharma reached there in only 19 matches, significantly fewer than Tendulkar’s 45.Īt the time of writing this piece, Sharma’s 265 runs and 13 sixes are both the second-most at this World Cup. Against Afghanistan at Delhi, Rohit Sharma smashed a belligerent 84-ball 131, the fastest World Cup 100 by an Indian.
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