NEW DELHI: Indian captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday grew to become the primary Indian cricketer to whack 500 sixes in worldwide cricket. Overall, the swashbuckling opener is the second on this planet to attain this milestone.
Rohit achieved the milestone throughout India’s second ODI match in opposition to Bangladesh in Dhaka, which Bangladesh gained by 5 runs.
Rohit, who sustained a thumb harm whereas fielding at slips, got here to bat at quantity 9 and smashed an unbeaten 51 off simply 28 balls, at a strike charge of 182.14. His knock was studded with three fours and 5 sixes.
With 5 sixes within the 2nd ODI vs Bangladesh, Rohit’s six-hitting tally in worldwide cricket is now 502.
West Indies monstrous hitter Chris Gayle is on prime of the chart with 553 maximums (in 483 matches).
Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi (476 sixes), former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum (398 sixes), and New Zealand opener Martin Guptill (383 sixes) are third, fourth and fifth within the record.
Rohit has 16,444 worldwide runs below his belt in 428 matches, together with 41 centuries (8 in Tests, 29 in ODIs, and 4 in T20Is).
Rohit achieved the milestone throughout India’s second ODI match in opposition to Bangladesh in Dhaka, which Bangladesh gained by 5 runs.
Rohit, who sustained a thumb harm whereas fielding at slips, got here to bat at quantity 9 and smashed an unbeaten 51 off simply 28 balls, at a strike charge of 182.14. His knock was studded with three fours and 5 sixes.
With 5 sixes within the 2nd ODI vs Bangladesh, Rohit’s six-hitting tally in worldwide cricket is now 502.
West Indies monstrous hitter Chris Gayle is on prime of the chart with 553 maximums (in 483 matches).
Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi (476 sixes), former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum (398 sixes), and New Zealand opener Martin Guptill (383 sixes) are third, fourth and fifth within the record.
Rohit has 16,444 worldwide runs below his belt in 428 matches, together with 41 centuries (8 in Tests, 29 in ODIs, and 4 in T20Is).