Colombo: Before leaving Sri Lanka for the Asia Cup 2023, Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma said in a media conversation that he wants to return to his form in 2019. Apart from the group match against Pakistan, Rohit scored a half-century in every match and during this time the fans really enjoyed his destructive batting flow. In the Super-4 match, when Shaheen Afridi opened his account by hitting a six, he fired a beautiful aerial shot in the style of a sweep of the ball about one and a half feet outside the off stump. said Shadab. Today he broke a great record of Shahid Afridi by hitting 2 sixes in his half-century innings against Sri Lanka.
The Indian captain completed 10 thousand ODI runs with a six
Indian captain Rohit Sharma had a fantastic start with Shubman Gill against Sri Lanka. Both of them put on a partnership of 80 runs for the first wicket. Rohit completed 10 thousand runs in his ODI career by hitting Rahita for a six in the 5th ball of the 7th over and with this he became the second fastest batsman in the world to achieve- ot this milestone. Not only this, under the shadow of this great record, he made an achievement that is hardly worth talking about.
Shahid Afridi’s record was broken
In fact, it was his 27th six in the Asia Cup tournament. In this he broke the biggest record of Pakistani explosive all-rounder Shahid Afridi. Afridi has 26 sixes to his name in the Asia Cup, while Rohit Sharma equaled this record by hitting 4 sixes in the match against Pakistan. Now the hitman left Afridi. Rohit now has 28 sixes to his name, as he hit the second six off Pathirana during his innings of 56 runs played off 48 balls. This is a record that is often mentioned by Pakistan experts in TV discussions.
Top 5 batsmen who hit the most sixes in the Asia Cup
- Rohit Sharma (IND): 28 sixes
- Shahid Afridi (PAK): 26 sixes
- Sanath Jayasuriya (SL): 23 sixes
- Suresh Raina (IND): 18 sixes
- Mohammad Nabi (AFG): 13 sixes
- Sourav Ganguly (IND): 13 sixes
It can be noted that the Indian team won this match by 41 runs and entered the finals. Dinusth Velalage, who took 5 wickets in the match, was selected as the player of the match.
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