Analysis: Rohit Sharma took 19 innings to reach 1,000 runs, which tied him with David Warner as the fastest player to do so

556 – With a score of 131 from 84 balls, Rohit surpassed Chris Gayle’s record of 553 sixes in international cricket with 16 hits to the fence and five over it; with 315 sixes in all formats, England white-ball captain Jos Buttler is now the second-best cricket player.

Top of the Sixes chart

556 – With a score of 131 from 84 balls, Rohit Sharma surpassed Chris Gayle’s record of 553 sixes in international cricket with 16 hits to the fence and five over it. With 315 sixes in all formats, England white-ball captain Jos Buttler is now the second-best cricket player.

Most sixes in international cricket

556 – Rohit Sharma

553 – Chris Gayle

476 – Shahid Afridi

398 – Brendon McCullum

383 – Martin Guptill

In the World Cup, Rohit Sharma took 19 innings to reach 1,000 runs, which tied him with David Warner as the fastest player to do so. With an average of 65.23, Rohit has the highest strike rate of exactly 100, only surpassed by AB de Villiers (117.29) among the 23 batsmen who have scored a minimum of 1000 runs in the World Cup to date.

19 – David Warner

19 – Rohit Sharma

20 – Sachin Tendulkar

20 – AB de Villiers

21 – Sir Vivian Richards

21 – Sourav Ganguly

With his incredible seventh century in the World Cup, Rohit broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record of six centuries to take the lead. He also achieved his 31st century in ODIs. 

Most hundreds in World Cups

7 – Rohit Sharma

6 – Sachin Tendulkar

5 – Ricky Ponting

5 – Kumar Sangakkara

Rohit broke the record held by Virender Sehwag, who did it in 81 balls against Bermuda in Port of Spain in 2007, becoming the fastest Indian to reach the milestone in World Cup history in just 63 balls. In a World Cup chase, it’s also the second-quickest hundred.

Also, it was India’s fifth-fastest hundred in the format; ironically, all of their other hundreds have made with successful run chases.

Fastest ODI hundreds for India (by balls faced)

52 – Virat Kohli vs AUS, Jaipur, 2013

60 – Virender Sehwag vs NZ, Hamilton, 2009

61 – Virat Kohli vs AUS, Nagpur, 2013

62 – Mohammad Azharuddin vs NZ, Baroda, 1988

63 – Rohit Sharma vs AFG, Delhi, 2023

Tendulkar’s 127* against Kenya in Cuttack in the 1996 World Cup is surpassed by Rohit’s 131 runs, to become the highest-scoring player for India in a successful World Cup chase.

Highest opening partnerships for India in the World Cup

Runs Pair                                     Opponent Venue,            Year

189 Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul Sri Lanka Leeds,              2019

180 Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul Bangladesh Birmingham,   2019

174 Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma Ireland Hamilton,        2015

163 Sachin Tendulkar, Ajay Jadeja   Kenya Cuttack,          1996

156 Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma Afghanistan Delhi,              2023