The 9th match of the World Cup 2023 is being played between India and Afghanistan at the Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in Delhi. Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has made a mockery of Aganistans bowling in the ongoing ICC ODI Cricket World Cup on Wednesday.The Indian opener smashed a blazing hundred to register several records to his name. His brilliant hundred came in just 63 deliveries.Six machine HitmanIndian skipper surpassed West Indies legendary explosive batter Chris Gayles all-time record to top the list of batters with the most number of sixes in international cricket across all formats.Milestones in plenty for Captain Rohit Sharma 🫡👉Most sixes in international cricket 🙌👉Most sixes in ODI World Cups for India 💥#CWC23 | #TeamIndia | #INDvAFG | #MeninBlue pic.twitter.com/FEuJI0yTsW— BCCI (@BCCI) October 11, 2023Rohit hits three massive sixes to take his tally to 554 to go past the mammoth tally of Gayles 553 sixes in Tests, ODIs, and T20Is combined.Former India skipper MS Dhoni is the only other Indian player in the Top-10 list of batters hitting the most number of sixes as he has smashed 359 sixes.Fastest Indian to smash century in ODI World CupRohit Sharma became the fastest Indian batter to smash a century in the ODI World Cup on just 63 deliveries. Earlier, Indian legendary batter Kapil Dev had a record in his name, he smashed a World Cup century in 72 balls.What a player he is – @ImRo45 (Rohit Sharma) : 🏏🇮🇳 Indian Cricket Captain 🏏 – 31st Odi century for Rohit Sharma. 🏏 – Most century in the World Cup. (Fastest century for India in the World cup.)🏏 – Crossed Ricky ponting 🇦🇺 in most centuries list in ODI.🏏 – Fastest… pic.twitter.com/NXQ4s52b4x— Aakash Sharma 𝕏 (@Being_Skysharma) October 11, 2023Most centuries in ODI World CupThe 36-year-old batter surpassed the records of legendary batters including Sachin Tendulkar and Kapil Dev with a blazing century against Afghanistan. Rohit Sharma has completed 7 centuries in the ICC World Cup which puts him at the top of the list of batters with the highest number of centuries in the World Cup.Most ODI centuries – Sachin Tendulkar 🇮🇳Most ODI centuries in chases – Virat Kohli 🇮🇳Most ODI World Cup centuries – Rohit Sharma 🇮🇳Indian batting legends bossing ODI cricket! 🙌#INDvsAFG #CWC23 #WorldCup2023 pic.twitter.com/z05bS1YoBR— Omkar Mankame (@Oam_16) October 11, 2023Sachin Tendulkar along with Rohit Sharma with 6 centuries stood on a tie earlier. But todays fiery innings against Afghanistan to smash a beautiful century propelled Rohit to the top od the tally.Rohit Sharma now stands on top with 7 centuries in the list of most ICC World Cup 100s. Legendary Indian batter Sachin Tendulkar is on second spot with 6 centuries, and Sri Lankas left-handed Kumar Sangakkara is on third with 5 centuries. Former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting is in fourth place with 5 centuries and his compatriot David Warner is in 5th spot with 4 centuries in the ICC World Cup.Topping The Charts! 🔝Most Hundreds (7️⃣) in ODI World Cups 🤝 Rohit Sharma Take a bow! 🙌 #CWC23 | #TeamIndia | #INDvAFG | #MeninBlue pic.twitter.com/VlkIlXCwvA— BCCI (@BCCI) October 11, 2023Second batter with most number of centuries as openerHitman also became the second batter after master blaster with the most centuries as an opener. Indias right-handed opener Sachin Tendulkar leads the tally with 45 centuries, while Rohit stands in second spot with 27 centuries. Sri Lankas explosive batter Sanath Jayasuriya is in the third spot with 28 centuries.Batsman nameNo. of 100sSachin Tendulkar45Rohit Sharma29Sanath Jayasuriya28Hashim Amla27Chris Gayle25Rohit Sharma also became the fourth batsman to score 1000 runs for India in the World Cup after Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and Virat Kohli to score 1000 runs in the ICC Cricket World Cup.
