The second game for India is currently underway at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. India started the World Cup campaign with a six-wicket win over Australia in their opening game. Rohit Sharma couldn’t do much in that game and got out for a duck.
But it looked like the Indian captain was not in a mood to spare any of Afghanistan’s bowlers. In reply to Afghanistan’s target, the Indian opening pair has given a great start to the team. Both Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan added 94 runs in the first ten overs.
shan played a supporting role in Rohit’s blistering knock. The Indian captain has scored a 30-ball half-century to give India a good start. Rohit has hit 76 runs out of the 94 on the board and has already hit four sixes and nine fours.
With his half-century, the Hitman has broken some all-time records overall. With four sixes already hit by Rohit, he has now gone past Chris Gayle and now has hit most sixes in international cricket across formats. Before this inning, Rohit had hit 551 sixes, while Gayle had 553 sixes.
Now, the Indian captain is at the top of the six-hitting list in international cricket. He has taken 30 innings less than Gayle to hit those sixes. On the other hand, Rohit also completed 1000 runs in the World Cup in just 19 innings and became the fastest Indian to complete 1000 World Cup runs and joint-fastest with David Warner. Before this game, Rohit needed 22 more runs to complete this feat.
Rohit has also scored a hundred, and he has now scored seven centuries in ODI World Cup history, which is the most. He overtook Sachin Tendulkar’s tally of six World Cup hundreds. Rohit scored five in the 2019 editions.
Speaking of the game, Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first. They had a struggling start at the top but bounced back well. Afghanistan registered their highest World Cup score of 272/8. For India, Jasprit Bumrah picked up 4/39. Azmatullah Omarzai made 62, and skipper Hasmatullah Shahidi made 80 runs for Afghanistan.
