Stats: Rohit overtakes Tendulkar for most World Cup hundreds
Top of the Sixes chart
556-Rohit 84-ball 131 included 16 hits to the wall and five over it, assisting him with outperforming Chris Gayle’s count of 553 sixes in worldwide cricket. The second-best, among current cricketers, is Britain’s white-ball commander Jos Buttler, who right now has 315 sixes across designs.
Most sixes in international cricket
556 – Rohit Sharma
553 – Chris Gayle
476 – Shahid Afridi
398 – Brendon McCullum
383 – Martin Guptill
Least innings to 1,000 runs in World Cups
19-innings taken by Rohit Sharma to 1,000 runs On the planet Cup, made him the joint-quickest to the imprint close by David Warner, who had arrived at the achievement in Chennai on Sunday. Of the 23 players to have collected at least 1000 runs On the Planet Cup to date, Rohit has the best normal (65.23), his strike pace of precisely 100 being just bettered by Stomach muscle de Villiers (117.29).
19 – David Warner
19 – Rohit Sharma
20 – Sachin Tendulkar
20 – AB de Villiers
21 – Sir Vivian Richards
21 – Sourav Ganguly
A record-breaking ton
Rohit recorded his 31st hundred in ODIs, and a stunning seventh in World Cups, taking him past Sachin Tendulkar’s count of six to guarantee the record for the marquee occasion. Curiously, Rohit’s seven World Cup hundreds came against six distinct adversaries. Sachin Tendulkar (6) and Kumar Sangakkara (5) scored theirs against five unique groups in the opposition.
Most ODI hundreds
49 – Sachin Tendulkar
47 – Virat Kohli
31 – Rohit Sharma
30 – Ricky Ponting
28 – Sanath Jayasuriya
Most hundreds in World Cups
7 – Rohit Sharma
6 – Sachin Tendulkar
5 – Ricky Ponting
5 – Kumar Sangakkara
It was Rohit’s 29th hundred as an opener, which was just bettered by Tendulkar, who scored 45 at the batting position.
He presently has three World Cup hundreds in an effective pursuit, another record, outperforming Gordon Greenidge, Ramiz Raja, and Stephen Fleming, who had two each.
63 – balls taken by Rohit to finish his hundred made him the quickest Indian to the achievement in World Cups, breaking the record recently held by Virender Sehwag, who did it in 81 balls against Bermuda at Port of Spain in 2007. It is likewise the second-quickest hundred in a World Cup pursuit.
It was likewise the fifth quickest hundred for India in the configuration, and unintentionally, every one of them has arrived in an effective run-pursue.
Fastest hundreds in World Cups (by balls faced)
49 – Aiden Markram (SA) vs SL, Delhi, 2023
50 – Kevin O’Brien (IRE) vs ENG, Bengaluru, 2011
51 – Glenn Maxwell (AUS) vs SL, Sydney, 2015
52 – AB de Villiers (SA) vs WI, Sydney, 2015
57 – Eoin Morgan (ENG) vs AFG, Manchester, 2019
63 – Rohit Sharma vs AFG, Delhi, 2023
Fastest ODI hundreds for India (by balls faced)
52 – Virat Kohli vs AUS, Jaipur, 2013
60 – Virender Sehwag vs NZ, Hamilton, 2009
61 – Virat Kohli vs AUS, Nagpur, 2013
62 – Mohammad Azharuddin vs NZ, Baroda, 1988
63 – Rohit Sharma vs AFG, Delhi, 2023
76 – runs scored by Rohit Sharma is the second most elevated in the initial 10 overs of a World Cup innings beginning around 2003 (where ball-by-ball information is accessible), one shy of Brendon McCullum’s 77 against Britain in Wellington in 2015. The third most noteworthy – 72 by Kusal Mendis – was recorded at a similar setting the week before.
131 – runs scored by Rohit is the most elevated for India in an effective World Cup pursuit, outperforming Tendulkar’s 127* against Kenya in Cuttack in the 1996 release.
Kishan has his impact in a stroke-filled start
Highest opening partnerships for India in the World Cup
| Runs | Pair | Opponent | Venue,Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 189 | Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul | Sri Lanka | Leeds, 2019 |
| 180 | Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul | Bangladesh | Birmingham, 2019 |
| 174 | Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma | Ireland | Hamilton, 2015 |
| 163 | Sachin Tendulkar, Ajay Jadeja | Kenya | Cuttack, 1996 |
| 156 | Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma | Afghanistan | Delhi, 2023 |
The organization came at a run-pace of 8.35, the most elevated for an initial stand worth at least 150 in World Cup history. In general, it stands fifth in all ODIs, and the second speediest for India, after the unbeaten 201-run stand between Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir against New Zealand at Hamilton in 2009, which had come at 8.55 runs per over.
Highest PP scores for India (where data available*)
97/2 vs SL, Hobart, 2012
94/0 vs AFG, Delhi, 2023
91/1 vs SL, Colombo, 2021
87/0 vs SA, Nagpur, 2011
83/1 vs WI, Port of Spain, 2019
A dominant win
India gunned down the 273 run focus in only 35 overs, making it the quickest 250 or more pursued in World Cups with regards to the run rate. Three of the main five have now come extremely close to the continuous release.
In general, it was their seventh effective pursuit of at least 250 in the opposition, no other group has more than five.
Highest run rates in successful 250-plus chases in World Cups
| Run-rate | Final score | Team | Opponent | Venue, Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 273/2 | India | Afghanistan | Delhi, 2023 |
| 7.78 | 283/1 | New Zealand | England | Ahmedabad, 2023 |
| 7.75 | 322/3 | Bangladesh | West Indies | Taunton, 2019 |
| 7.13 | 345/4 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | Hyderabad, 2023 |
| 7.05 | 260/2 | India | Ireland | Hamilton, 2015 |
Highest targets successfully chased by India in World Cups
288 vs Zimbabwe, Auckland, 2015
275 vs Sri Lanka, Mumbai WS, 2011 Final
274 vs Pakistan, Centurion, 2003
273 vs Afghanistan, Delhi, 2023
265 vs Sri Lanka, Headingley, 2019
Afghanistan’s dismal World Cup journey continues
Afghanistan in the meantime, has now lost 14 World Cup matches in succession, a number surpassed simply by Zimbabwe, who had lost 18 straight matches somewhere in the range of 1983 and 1992.
Most consecutive defeats in ODI World Cups
18 – Zimbabwe (1983-1992)
14 – Scotland (1999-2015)
14* – Afghanistan (2015-2023)
11 – Canada (2003-2011)
10 – Netherlands (1996-2003)
