NB In List | IND vs AFG: 7 MAJOR RECORDS broken by Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli in this World Cup match

Rohit blazed 131 in just 84 balls as his team sauntered past Afghanistan's 272, eventually winning with 90 balls to spare. With this Rohit Sharma and others broke a heap of records during its eight-wicket win against Afghanistan in its second World Cup 2023 match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday.

 

 

Here are some of the records broken during IND vs AFG World Cup match-

1. Rohit Sharma surpassed Chris Gayle’s tally (553) for most international sixes in 473 innings. Gayle achieved the mark in 551 innings across formats.

 

2. Rohit’s 63-ball hundred was the fastest World Cup hundred by an Indian, surpassing Virender Sehwag’s 81-ball ton against Bermuda in 2007.

 

3. Rohit broke the tie with Sachin Tendulkar for most World Cup hundreds with his seventh ton in just 19 innings across three editions.

4. Rohit equalled David Warner to become the joint-fastest batter to 1000 ODI World Cup runs in 19 innings. Rohit is the fourth Indian to score 1000 World Cup runs after Sachin, Sourav Ganguly and Virat Kohli.

5. Rohit is the oldest captain (36 years, 164days) to slam a World Cup hundred.

6. Smashing 2311 in 53 innings, Virat Kohli broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record for most runs in ICC World Cups (ODIs and T20Is). Sachin, who only featured in 50-over World Cups, amassed 2278 runs from 45 innings.

7. With 4/39, Jasprit Bumrah recorded his best ODI World Cup bowling figures.