Rohit Sharma
Asian Championship 2023: The Indian team defeated Nepal by 10 wickets in their second game of the 2023 Asian Cup. In this game, Team India’s opening games featured a bang. Thanks to these players, Team India managed to win the game. By winning the game, Team India qualified for the Super 4. Captain Rohit Sharma played a brilliant inning in the match, breaking a major record himself.
Rohit Sharma did a great job
In the game against Nepal, captain Rohit Sharma won the shot and decided to bat first. Nepal scored 230 runs on the first batting. After that, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill won the game for India with brilliant innings. Rohit hit 74 runs in 59 balls, including 6 fours and 5 long sixes. Rohit has ranked fifth when it comes to scoring the most sixes in an inning of the ODI Asia Cup for India. He previously hit four sixes in an innings against Pakistan at the 2018 Asian Cup. He broke his record of 5 years. He received the Man of the Match award for his best innings against Nepal.
Most sixes in an innings in the ODI Asia Cup for India
7 Sixes – Sourav Ganguly vs Bangladesh
6 Sixes – Mahendra Singh Dhoni vs Hong Kong
5 Sixes – Suresh Raina vs Hong Kong
5 Sixes – Virender Sehwag v Pakistan
5 Sixes – Rohit Sharma vs Nepal
Left those hitters behind
Rohit Sharma is one of the best players in India. With his fifties against Nepal, he is the fourth batsman to have scored most points over fifty at the ODI Asia Cup. Rohit has scored more than fifty points eight times at the ODI Asia Cup. He left Navjot Singh Sidhu and Marvan Atapatu. Both experienced batsmen have managed this seven times.
Players with most more than fifty points in the ODI Asia Cup:
Kumar Sangakkara – 12 times
Sachin Tendulkar – 9 times
Sanath Jayasuriya – 9 times
Rohit Sharma – 8 times
Marvan Atapatu – 7 times
Navjot Singh Sidhu – 7 times
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