India will play its first match in the World Cup 2023 against Australia on Sunday i.e. 8th October. This World Cup match between India and Australia will be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. This time under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India will try its best to end the ICC Trophy drought. India is considered a strong contender to win the 2023 World Cup title. Team India captain Rohit Sharma can break a world record of West Indies batsman Chris Gayle in the World Cup match against Australia in Chennai.
If Team India captain Rohit Sharma hits 3 more sixes in the World Cup match against Australia in Chennai, then he will become the batsman who has hit the most sixes in international cricket. If Rohit Sharma hits 3 more sixes, he will complete his total of 554 sixes in international cricket. West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has hit a total of 553 sixes in all three formats of international cricket. If Rohit Sharma hits 3 more sixes, he will overtake Chris Gayle and break his world record. This big world record will be broken
Rohit Sharma currently holds the record of hitting 551 sixes in 471 innings of 451 matches of international cricket. By hitting 3 sixes in the World Cup match against Australia in Chennai, Rohit Sharma will become the first and only batsman in the world to hit the maximum number of 554 sixes in international cricket, surpassing Chris Gayle. At present, India’s great batsman Virat Kohli is also far away from this great record. Virat Kohli has hit 283 sixes in his international career.
India’s probable playing eleven in the World Cup match against Australia:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.