India vs South 1st ODI: The first ODI match between India and South Africa is being played in Ranchi. Rohit Sharma has played a wonderful half-century innings. He has created a new history by hitting 3 sixes. Shahid Afridi’s record has been broken.
Rohit Sharma Sixes Record: Rohit Sharma has created a new history in the first ODI match being played in Ranchi. Hitman has become the new sixer king of ODI cricket. He ended the reign of former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi and became the batsman with the most number of sixes in ODI cricket. Ranchi ground has written a new history for them against South Africa. Rohit has fulfilled his dream by hitting 3 sixes in this match.
Shahid Afridi’s reign ended
Hitman Rohit Sharma now has a total of 252 sixes in his name in the ODI format. He has achieved this feat in 269 innings of 277 matches. Earlier, the number one position was held by Pakistani player Shahid Afridi, who had hit 251 sixes in 369 innings of 308 ODI matches. This record was in his name for the last decade, but now he has come second and Rohit has taken the number one position.
Top 5 batsmen who hit sixes in ODI
- Rohit Sharma 352*
- Shahid Afridi 351
- chris gayle 331
- Sanath Jayasuriya 270
- ms dhoni 229
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Rohit is the first batsman to do so
Apart from this, Rohit Sharma has become the first batsman in the world to hit 350 sixes in ODI cricket. Rohit has hit a total of 351 sixes for India in ODIs, while Shahid Afridi has hit 349 out of 351 sixes in ODIs for Pakistan, while 2 sixes have been hit for ICC.
Rohit scored his third consecutive half-century
Rohit Sharma scored 57 runs in 51 balls with the help of 5 fours and 8 sixes in Ranchi. The old rhythm is visible in his innings. This is his third consecutive half-century. Earlier, he had scored 50+ in the second and third ODI on Australia tour. In Sydney he converted his fifty into a century. Played a match winning inning for India there. Made a partnership of 136 runs in 109 balls with Virat Kohli.
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