World Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma joint-fastest to 1000 World Cup runs

Rohit Sharma joint-fastest to 1000 World Cup runs: Rohit Sharma, the skipper of India, has scored 1000 runs in the World Cup in the joint-fastest period. Rohit created a stunning performance against Afghanistan to achieve 1,000 runs and join David Warner as the fastest hitter to do so, needing only 21 runs after going for a duck against Australia.

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In the IND versus AFG match in Delhi, he also surpassed Chris Gayle’s record for the most sixes in international cricket.

The 36-year-old was on the verge of surpassing Chris Gayle of the West Indies as the cricketer with the most sixes in international cricket until today. Chris Gayle held the record with 553 sixes, however Rohit was only 2 sixes away from surpassing it.

Earlier, Rohit became the fastest to hit 550 sixes, surpassing Gayle (548) to reach the feat in just 471 innings across formats.

Most international sixes across formats:

Rohit Sharma (India): 554 sixes*

Chris Gayle (West Indies): 553 sixes

Shahid Afridi (Pakistan): 476 sixes

Brendon McCullum (New Zealand): 398 sixes

Martin Guptill (New Zealand): 383 sixes

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Additionally, Sachin Tendulkar’s record for the most hundreds in an ODI World Cup may be broken by Indian captain Virat Kohli. With six hundreds each, Rohit Sharma and Sachin Tendulkar are now at the top of the leaderboard.

But if he scores another century, he will surpass the Master Blaster and become the World Cup player with the most centuries.

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