Indian captain Rohit Sharma played an outstanding innings on November 12, against the Netherlands in the 46th match of the ICC World Cup 2023 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. During this, he established several world records with his super fifty. Rohit played a remarkable inning, scoring 61 runs with the help of 8 boundaries and 2 sixes in just 54 deliveries.
Rohit Sharma has become the player with the most sixes in a calendar year in ODIs. He achieved this feat by hitting his first six in the innings. With this, he has surpassed AB de Villiers this list, who had hit 58 sixes in 2015.
As the captain, Rohit Sharma has now the most sixes in a single World Cup edition, In this he has surpassed the former England captain Eoin Morgan. While leading England in the 2019 World Cup, Morgan hit 22 sixes.
As the captain of the ODI World Cup, Rohit Sharma has become the first player to score 500 or more runs. He surpassed Sourav Ganguly, who scored 465 runs while captaining India in the 2003 World Cup.
As the opener of team India, Rohit Sharma now has 14,000 runs in his kitty. With this, he has become the third Indian opener after Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag to achieve this milestone.
