The Indian captain Rohit Sharma has been in phenomenal form in the ongoing World Cup 2023. He got out for a duck in India’s opening game against Australia in Chennai, but after that, he has been in phenomenal touch. The Indian captain smashed India’s fastest World Cup hundred off 63 balls against Afghanistan.
Then he played another remarkable innings against Pakistan in Ahmedabad. Rohit has already broken Sachin Tendulkar’s record for most World Cup hundreds in history and has scored seven in total. With the form he is in at the moment, he is on the way to breaking some other big World Cup records in this tournament.
Here are 3 Massive World Cup Records that Rohit Sharma can break in WC2023
3. Most World Cup Sixes
Rohit Sharma entered the World Cup 2023 with 23 sixes. But he has already hit 11 sixes in just three innings so far. With these, Rohit has taken his World Cup sixes tally to 34 now. He is third on the list of batters with the most World Cup sixes after AB de Villiers (37) and Chris Gayle (49). He needs 16 sixes more to surpass Gayle. And in the form he is in, he still has six more group matches and then knockout games to achieve that record.
2. Most Runs in a Single World Cup edition
The record for most runs in a single edition is held by Sachin Tendulkar. He scored 673 runs in 11 games during the World Cup 2003, when India reached the finals. Rohit missed it in the last edition of 2019 and scored 648 runs. In the ongoing tournament, he has already scored 217 runs in just three innings and needs another 457 runs to create history. If India qualifies for the finals, then Rohit will have 8 more matches to score those runs, and if he can score 2 or 3 big hundreds, he might get past Sachin’s tally.
1. Most Man of the Match in World Cups
Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for most “Man of the Match” awards in World Cup history. In his career, he played 45 World Cup games and won 9 MOTM awards. Rohit Sharma is second on the list with 6 MOTM awards. If India qualifies for the final, he will have eight more games to surpass Sachin. It will be a big challenge, but the way Rohit is going, he can surely give it a shot.
