Indian cricket group skipper Rohit Sharma added every other primary milestone to his already illustrious occupation as he changed into the primary Republic of India batter ever to slam 300 sixes in ODI cricket. Rohit took a peek super contact all through the Cricket International Cup 2023 fit in opposition to Pakistan on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday and he used to be ready to achieve the milestone together with his fourth six of the innings. General, he joined West Indies legend Chris Gayle and previous Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi because the batters with greater than 300 ODI sixes. For Republic of India, MS Dhoni is 2nd with 229 sixes.
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Batters with 300+ sixes in ODIs
351 Shahid Afridi
331 Chris Gayle
300 Rohit Sharma*
Previous, Republic of India bowled out Pakistan for simply 191 of their high-profile International Cup hit on Saturday later their sour opponents misplaced their endmost 8 wickets for simply 36 runs.
Captain Babar Azam manage scored with 50 age Mohammad Rizwan made 49.
Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets each and every as Pakistan collapsed from 155-2 to get bowled out in 42.5 overs.
Pakistan began strongly however misplaced their openers earlier than Azam and Rizwan tried to rebuild and strike again of their get up of 82.
Azam reached his fifty off 57 balls with a boundary however fell within the after over, bowled by way of Siraj because the people roared to look the again of the arena’s primary ODI batsman.
Kuldeep Yadav quickly struck two times in an over to ship again the left-handed Saud Shakeel and Iftikhar Ahmed, bowled across the legs for 4 later the ball deflected off the batsman’s gloves.
Bumrah denied Rizwan his fifty with a slower-off cutter that rattled the stumps as Pakistan slipped to 168-6.
Bumrah, enjoying in entrance of his house people, had a spring in his step and struck once more within the after over to get Shadab Khan out for 2.
Pandya and Jadeja blended to wrap up the tail.
“It has been a good World Cup so far, 100%,” stated Yadav on the innings split.
“I knew where to bowl but the pitch was a little slower. They weren’t doing much so I was just varying my pace and using my variations.”
(With AFP inputs)
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