India defeated Pakistan for a record 8th time in the ODI World Cup. India won the match by 7 wickets at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Team India captain Rohit Sharma played an inning of 86 runs by hitting 6 sixes. He became the Indian captain who hit the most sixes against Pakistan.
Rohit Sharma made 4 records in the match played on Saturday. Ravindra Jadeja became the sixth player in India to take 100 ODI wickets. We will know such top records and interesting facts made in India-Pak match in this story.
Team India captain Rohit Sharma hit 6 sixes in the match against Pakistan. With this, he has hit 17 sixes as ODI captain against Pakistan. Rohit became the Indian captain who hit the most number of sixes against Pakistan. He broke the record of former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Who had hit 15 sixes in 18 ODIs against Pakistan.
| Player | Match | Run | Sixes | Four |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma | 5 | 316 | 17 | 27r |
| Ms Dhoni | 18 | 684 | 15 | 46 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | 25 | 735 | 10 | 47 |
With his inning of 86 runs against Pakistan, Rohit Sharma reached 723 runs in the World Cup. While chasing the target, Rohit became the highest run scoring Indian. He broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar, who had scored 656 runs while chasing the target in the World Cup.
| Player | Match | Run | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma | 12 | 723 | 4 | 3 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 16 | 656 | 1 | 3 |
| Virat Kohli | 16 | 529 | 0 | 3 |
| MS Dhoni | 14 | 472 | 0 | 4 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 10 | 393 | 1 | 2 |
Rohit also became the highest run scorer in the team's victory while chasing the target in the World Cup. With this inning against Pakistan, Rohit's successful chase reached 586 runs. He broke the record of former Australian captain Ricky Ponting, who has scored 519 runs in the successful chase of the World Cup.
| Player | Country | Match | Run | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma | India | 9 | 586 | 83.71 |
| Ricky Ponting | Australia | 18 | 519 | 39.92 |
| Martin Guptill | New Zealand | 12 | 504 | 56 |
Rohit Sharma played an inning of 86 runs against Pakistan. In this innings he hit 6 fours and 6 sixes. With this he reached 152 ODI sixes in India. He became the first player in India to hit more than 150 ODI sixes.
Not only this, Rohit also hit 303 sixes in his ODI career. He became the first Indian player to hit more than 300 ODI sixes. Rohit is at third place in terms of hitting most sixes in ODIs. Pakistan's Shahid Afridi (351 sixes) is at first place and West Indies' Chris Gayle (331 sixes) is at second place.
India defeated Pakistan for the 8th time in the ODI World Cup. The team has not yet lost against Pakistan. India also equaled the record of winning the most matches without losing against a team in the World Cup. Apart from Team India, Pakistan has won 8 consecutive matches against Sri Lanka in the World Cup. Pakistan has also not lost against Sri Lanka yet.
Ravindra Jadeja took 2 wickets against Pakistan. With this he also completed 100 ODI wickets for India, becoming only the sixth Indian player to do so. Jadeja became the third player among spinners to do so. In India, leg spinner Anil Kumble has taken the maximum number of 126 ODI wickets.
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