Rohit completed his century in 63 balls. He became the fastest century scorer for India in the ODI World Cup. In this matter, Rohit broke the record of great captain Kapil Dev. Kapil Dev scored a century in just 72 balls against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup.
Rohit Sharma record India vs Afghanistan: Indian captain Rohit Sharma batted brilliantly and scored a stormy century against Afghanistan. Rohit scored a century in just 63 balls and scored 131 runs with the help of 16 fours and five sixes. With this, Rohit has made a 40-year-old record of great all-rounder and former captain Kapil Dev.
– This is the fastest century scored by any Indian batsman in the history of the World Cup. Before Rohit, this record was in the name of Kapil Dev. Kapil scored a century in just 72 balls against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup.
This was Rohit’s 7th century in the World Cup. He has also become the batsman who has scored the most centuries in the World Cup. In this episode, he has broken the record of Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin had scored 6 centuries in the World Cup.
– Rohit has made another record of Sachin in his name. This is the highest score made by any batsman while successfully chasing in the World Cup. Earlier, Sachin had scored unbeaten 127 runs against Kenya in the 1996 World Cup.
,Rohit has also become the batsman to score the most centuries while successfully chasing in the World Cup. This was his third century while chasing successfully. Before him, this record was in the names of West Indies legend Gordon Greenidge, Pakistan’s Rameez Raza and former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming. Everyone has scored two centuries each. Rohit has come second in terms of scoring the most runs in the first 10 overs in any innings of the World Cup
. Rohit had scored 76 runs in the first 10 overs in this innings. This record is in the name of former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum. McCullum scored 77 runs against England in the 2015 World Cup.
– After 20 years, an Indian captain has scored a century in the World Cup. Earlier, Sourav Ganguly had scored a century against Kenya in the semi-finals of the 2003 World Cup.
