Rohit Sharma, the Indian cricketing great, is set to lead the national team in upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 after the completion of the IPL 2024. During his international career, the 37-year-old has been able to achieve incredible feats, and he is still vying to add to his list of accomplishments.
In this feature article, SportsTiger looks at the five unbreakable records held by Rohit Sharma in cricket.
Most centuries in single ODI World Cup
Rohit Sharma has been one of the most prolific run scorers in the history of the ODI World Cup, and his peak came in the 2019 edition of the tournament, when he scored five hundreds, which is a most for any player. In the nine matches of the ODI World Cup 2019, he scored 648 runs at an average of 81 and a strike-rate of 98.33, which also included a fifty, apart from his record number of hundreds in the tournament.
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Most matches in T20I format
In the T20I format, Rohit Sharma has made 151 appearances, which is the most for any player in history, ahead of Paul Stirling in the all-time list by 14 matches. He has scored 3,974 runs in the shortest format of the game, at an average of 31.79 and a strike-rate of 139.97 with five hundreds, winning the T20 World Cup once in the year 2007.
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Highest individual score in ODI history
Rohit Sharma has the record for the highest individual score in the history of ODIs, putting together an innings of 264 runs against Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata in 2014. His innings was instrumental for India to post a total in excess of 400 runs on the board, which they successfully defended for a 153-run victory.
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Most sixes in international cricket
During his international career, Rohit Sharma has been one of the best power hitters of the cricket ball, making a reputation of tearing into the bowlers whenever he is set, irrespective of the format. The 37-year-old has played 472 matches, hitting 597 sixes in total, which is the most for a player in all formats of the game.
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Most double hundreds in ODIs
Rohit Sharma has scored three double hundreds out of the 12 in the ODI cricket history, which is the most for a player. Two of those three double hundreds have come against Sri Lanka while one other was accomplished against Australia, all in winning causes.
