Rohit Sharma hits the most number of centuries in World Cup

Rohit Sharma, the Indian cricket team captain just smashed a hundred in the ongoing match against Afghanistan in the World Cup to register a multiple records to his name. While chasing 273 against Afghanistan, he came up with a 63-ball 100 at Delhi on October 11.

The Numbers

Rohit Sharma has the most number of centuries in the World Cup i.e. seven. He has also hit the fastest century by an Indian in the World Cup. Kapil Dev’s 72-ball 100 against Zimbabwe during the 1983 World Cup is in the second place now. He already has the most number of hundreds in a single World Cup edition, five in 2019.

What happened earlier?

Batting first, Afghanistan scored 272 for the loss of eight wickets. Thanks to Hashmatullah Shahidi, the captain (80) and Azmatullah Omarzai (62), Afghanistan batted strongly against India and in the process also scored their second-highest total in the World Cup.

Just after losing the toss, Rohit Sharma said,  “We were looking to bat second. We saw the amount of dew last evening. Don’t think the wicket will change much. Need to bowl well and need to come back and bat better. We were under pressure (against Australia) to start with, but KL and Kohli batted well, they were magnificent and we take a lot of pride in our performance. It was a good game for us, hopefully we can repeat that and keep the momentum going forward. Ashwin misses out, Shardul Thakur comes in for him.”