Team India defeated Afghanistan in the second match of the ODI World Cup. The hero captain of this match for the Indian team was Rohit Sharma. Rohit hit a great century in this bout, breaking many records.
ODI World Cup 2023, IND vs AFG: In the 9th out of the World Cup 2023, the Indian cricket team beat Afghanistan with 8 wickets. In this match, the Afghanistan team batted first and put 272 runs on the board. In response, Team India chased this target by just 2 wickets in just 35 overs. The hero of this match was Indian team captain Rohit Sharma who pushed the team to victory on the basis of his deadly century.
Afghanistan blows in Rohit storm
Team India chasing the target of 273 runs was given a quick start by Captain Rohit Sharma. At the same time, he got the best of Ishaan Kishan from the other end. Rohit scored 130 runs for just 84 balls in this match. 16 fours and 5 sixes came out of Rohit’s bat. Ishaan, who came to open with him, scored 47 runs from 47 balls. After this, Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 55 and Shreyas Iyer scored an unbeaten 25 to cross the team.
India march to their second successive win off the back of a dominant display in Delhi 💪#CWC23 #INDvAFG pic.twitter.com/zZdVDmmCEU
— ICC (@ICC) October 11, 2023
But this match will be remembered for Rohit Sharma, who kept many records of international cricket in this one match. Rohit now became the batsman to hit the highest century (7) in the World Cup. At the same time, his name has also been the highest number of sixes (555) in international cricket. Apart from this, Rohit has also become the fastest (19 innings) batsman in the World Cup. Rohit has also become the Indian batsman to hit the fastest century (63) in the World Cup.
Earlier, the Afghanistan team batted first hit 8 wickets and put 272 runs on the board. Hashmatullah Shahidi scored 80 runs from Afghanistan and Ajmatullah Omarzai scored 62 runs. However, this score was very low on the flat pitch of Delhi. Jaspreet Bumrah did the best job of stopping Afghanistan on a low score. Bumrah scored 4 wicket jerks in this match. Hardik Pandya took 2 wickets right there। Also 1-1 wickets were taken by Shardul Thakur and Kuldeep Yadav.
