India are up against the Netherlands in the last league match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
After opting to bat first, India again rollicked off to a flying start as their openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill recorded a 100-run partnership in the just the 12th over of the innings.
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Shubman departed after scoring a fifty. However, Rohit also was dismissed for 61 but not before breaking another six-hitting record.
Rohit Sharma breaks record of most ODI sixes in a single calendar year
Meanwhile, the India captain entered the record books on Sunday. He broke AB de Villiers' record of hitting most ODI sixes in a single calendar year.
The 36-year-old needed one more maximum to bring up the feat entering into the Netherlands clash and did so in the seventh over of the innings.
Player | Sixes | Year |
Rohit Sharma (India) | 60 | 2023 |
AB de Villiers (South Africa) | 58 | 2015 |
Chris Gayle (West Indies) | 56 | 2019 |
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) | 48 | 2002 |
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