on a historic India captaincy day match against England, Rohit Sharma equals Kohli’s World Cup achievement and joins Tendulkar on the elite list.
Cricket World Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma came level with Virat Kohli in an elite list after missing out on a tonne against England on Sunday.
As the batter who has scored the most fifty-plus runs in the history of the ODI World Cup, India’s captain Rohit Sharma tied the record with former captain Virat Kohli. The two are tied at twelve, one place behind the great Sachin Tendulkar (21).
After hitting a half-century against England on Sunday in India’s 2023 World Cup match in Lucknow, Rohit accomplished the feat. In his 477th innings, Rohit accomplished the milestone of 18000 international runs earlier in the game. He was only the fifth Indian player to surpass the threshold by achieving this. Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Tendulkar, and Kohli are the other players on the list.
After scoring a slog sweep boundary off Adil Rashid in the 21st over of the first innings, he surpassed 18000 runs. At present, Rohit’s run totals are 3677 in Tests, 3853 in T20Is, and 10570 in ODIs. He has 45 tonnes and 98 half-centuries in all. Along with that, he joined Shubman Gill and Pathum Nissanka as the third batter in 2023 to score 1000 runs in one-day internationals. Additionally, Rohit has now reached 1000 runs in a calendar year five times.
Even though Rohit scored fifty runs against England, India’s batting order collapsed early on, causing several problems. It was also Kohli’s first duck in the history of the ODI World Cup. Ben Stokes made an easy catch at mid-off after Kohli misplayed his shot in the air after Willey delivered a delivery around middle.
Additionally, this is the RCB player’s third duck versus England and his 16th in ODIs. He played his first ODI duck against England in 2011 at Eden Gardens and again in 2013 in Dharamshala. In 6.5 overs, India was at 27/2 when Kohli left the pitch. Even Shubman Gill (9), who was removed by Chris Woakes, was lost earlier for India. Shreyas Iyer, meanwhile, was also dismissed cheaply, leaving the pitch after four balls instead of sixteen.
After hitting 87 off 101 balls, which included 10 fours and three sixes, Rohit was eventually out of the game. In the 37th over, he was sent back to the pavilion after just missing out on a tonne. After Adil Rashid gave him a googly, Rohit mistimed his stroke and sent it straight to deep midwicket, where Liam Livingstone was racing to make a sliding catch. When Rohit was removed from the game, India had scored 164/5 in 36.5 overs. Rohit will never forget the blow, especially because it came on his 100th game as captain of India.
