Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma break Sachin Tendulkar's records ahead of India-Pakistan clash
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli reaches individual milestones. India skipper Rohit Sharma during the Afghanistan match broke legendary Sachin Tendulkar's record of most number of centuries in World Cup history
Tendulkar recorded six centuries in as six editions of World Cups that he played, Rohit achieved the feat in only three: 2015, 2019 and 2023. Rohit Sharma also holds the record of scoring most centuries (five) by any batter in a World Cup edition — a feat that he achieved in 2019 edition in England.
Rohit Sharma hit 131 off 84 balls against Afghanistan, which was his 31st ton overall, taking him past Australian legend Ricky Ponting.
He is now behind India's Virat Kohli (47) and Tendulkar (49) in the history of ODI cricket. The Indian skipper hit a ton off just 63 balls, also breaking Kapil Dev's (72 balls) record of fastest ODI century for India in World Cup history.
Star batter Virat Kohli during his knock of 55 (not out) surpassed Tendulkar to become the player with the most number of runs across both 50-over and T20I World Cups.
Sachin, who played 45 fifty-over World Cup games, scored 2,278 runs at an average of 56.95 with six centuries and 15 fifties. Tendulkar, who retired from ODI cricket in 2012, did not feature any T20I World Cups. Virat has 2,311 runs in 55 matches and 53 innings across T20 and 50 over World Cups.
On Wednesday, chasing Afghanistan's target of 273, India knocked off the runs in just 35 overs, in what seemed like adopting a T20-Iike approach after after the initial few overs.
The Pakistan cricket team arrived in Ahmedabad on Wednesday ahead of their Saturday clash against India. For India's star pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who took four wickets against Afghanistan, it will be his first ODI match
