The Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team is scheduled to play the sixth match of the ODI World Cup 2023 against England on Sunday, October 29 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Indian captain Rohit Sharma is almost certain to create history with the bat in this match. Rohit Sharma has been in very good form in the tournament so far. Rohit Sharma will be able to make a special record in his name by making 47 runs in the match against England.
In fact, Rohit Sharma is just 47 runs away from the 18,000 runs mark in international cricket. Rohit Sharma’s form in the World Cup so far shows that he can easily score 47 runs against England. Rohit Sharma has so far scored 17,953 runs at an average of 43.36 in 476 innings from 456 internationals, with 45 centuries and 98 fifties.
So far only four Indian batsmen have crossed the 18,000 international runs mark and Rohit Sharma will become the fifth Indian batsman. While the list of four batsmen includes Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly.
As for the ODI World Cup 2023, the Indian captain has so far scored 311 runs in 5 innings of 5 matches at an average of 62.20 and a strike rate of 133.48, including 1 century and 1 half-century. Rohit Sharma scored a 65-ball century against Afghanistan, the fastest century by any Indian batsman in the history of the ODI World Cup.