Rohit Sharma’s full name is “Rohit Gurunath Sharma”. He is also known as Hitman Sharma. He was born on April 30, 1987 in Nagpur, Maharashtra (India). Rohit is a famous Indian international cricketer.
The ninth match of the World Cup 2023 was played between India and Afghanistan at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Rohit made a big record in this match. He has become the batsman in the world who has hit the most number of sixes in international cricket. In this matter, he left behind former West Indies batsman Chris Gayle.
Chris Gayle had hit the maximum number of 553 sixes in international cricket. He did this in 551 innings of 483 international matches. At the same time, Rohit achieved this record in his 473rd innings of only 453 international matches. The name of Chris Gayle’s autobiography is ‘Six Machine’, but now Rohit Sharma has become the new six machine of international cricket
Batsman who hit most sixes in international cricket
556 sixes: Rohit Sharma (India)
553 sixes: Chris Gayle (West Indies)
476 sixes: Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)
398 sixes: Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)
383 sixes: Martin Guptill (New Zealand)
Rohit broke Kapil Dev’s record
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.
Famous Saying Rohit Sharma About Records
Most centuries in ODI World Cup
Rohit has scored seven centuries in the World Cup. In this matter, Rohit has left Sachin Tendulkar behind. As soon as he scored a century against Afghanistan, Rohit left Sachin behind and became the first batsman to score seven centuries in the ODI World Cup.
Rohit Sharma 7
Sachin Tendulkar 6
Kumar Sangakkara 5
Ricky Ponting 5
Batsman who scored most centuries in ODI
49 centuries: Sachin Tendulkar
47 centuries: Virat Kohli
31 centuries: Rohit Sharma
30 centuries: Ricky Ponting
28 centuries: Sanath Jayasuriya
With the century against Afghanistan, Rohit has completed 31 centuries in ODIs. Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting had also scored only 30 centuries in his ODI career. As soon as the Hitman scored a century against Afghanistan, he overtook Ponting and became the batsman with the third highest number of centuries in ODI history.
Most sixes from India in the World Cup
Rohit has 28 sixes in his name in 19* ODI World Cup matches. With five sixes against Afghanistan, Hitman became the Indian to hit the most sixes in the World Cup. In this matter Rohit left Sachin Tendulkar behind. Sachin had hit 27 sixes in the ODI World Cup.
Rohit also made these records in his name
This was Rohit’s 29th century as an opener in ODIs. In this matter he has come second after Sachin Tendulkar. Sanath Jayasuriya is at third place in this list. He had scored 28 centuries as an opener. At the same time, this was the sixth fastest century in the overall World Cup.
Most ODI centuries as an opening batsman
45 – Sachin Tendulkar
29 – Rohit Sharma
28 – Sanath Jayasuriya
27- Hashim Amla
25 – Chris Gayle
Fastest century in World Cup
49 balls: Aiden Markram (SA) vs Sri Lanka, Delhi, 2023
50 balls: Kevin O’Brien (IRE) vs England, Bengaluru, 2011
51 balls: Glenn Maxwell (AUS) vs Sri Lanka, Sydney, 2015
52 balls: AB de Villiers (SA) vs West Indies, Sydney, 2015
57 balls: Eoin Morgan (England) vs Afghanistan, Manchester, 2019
63 balls: Rohit Sharma (IND) vs Afghanistan, Delhi, 2023
Quotes From Rohit Sharma Which Will Inspire You
No matter how talented you are or naturally gifted you are, there’s no substitute to hard work if you got to maintain standards.
Nothing is easy in cricket. Maybe when you watch it on TV, it looks easy. But it is not. You have to use your brain and time the ball.