Indian cricket team captain and batsman Rohit Sharma Sends a Warning Before the Champions Trophy, sounded the alarm for other teams before the Champions Trophy by scoring a brilliant century in the second ODI match of the series against England. Rohit Sharma scored 119 runs off 90 balls in the second match of the series against England in Kotak, Odisha, India, in pursuit of a target of 305 runs and achieved success in his long struggle to regain form.
He also broke the record of former West Indies aggressive
batsman Chris Gayle, but the former Pakistan captain still holds the first
place in this list.
The Indian captain provided a brilliant start of 136 runs in
16 overs with Shubman Gill and both the batsmen made their half-centuries in
this partnership.
Rohit hit 3 towering sixes in the first 6 overs of the game
and at the same time broke the record of famous former West Indies batsman
Chris Gayle of hitting 331 sixes in ODI cricket, leaving him behind.
Before the start of the match, Rohit Sharma was equal to
Chris Gayle with 331 sixes and needed only one six to improve his record, while
Gayle set this record in his career before retiring from cricket in 2019.
It should be noted that former Pakistan cricket team captain
and famous all-rounder Shahid Afridi is still at the first place in this unique
list, he has set the record by hitting 351 sixes in 398 ODI matches.
Shahid Afridi played his last ODI against Australia in March
2015, but despite the passage of 10 years, his record still stands. However,
Rohit Sharma can claim this record, who has not yet indicated his retirement
from cricket, although he has retired from T20 cricket.
After Shahid Afridi, Rohit Sharma is second with 338 sixes
in ODI cricket, Chris Gayle is 331, Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya 270, India's
MS Dhoni 229, England's Eoin Morgan 220, South Africa's AB de Villiers 204, New
Zealand's Brendon McCullum 200, Sachin Tendulkar 195 and India's Sourav Ganguly
190 are among the top 10 batsmen with sixes respectively.
