The legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar showered Rohit Sharma with accolades as the skipper guided his team to a convincing victory in the second World Cup 2023 match. India won the game at the renowned Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, giving them two straight victories in the competition. In game nine of the ODI World Cup, veteran opener Sharma showed off his excellent batting prowess by scoring a century, setting up India’s crushing eight-wicket victory over Afghanistan.
In addition to securing the victory, Rohit Sharma brilliant century, his 31st in ODIs, broke the World Cup century record that had previously been held by the Master-Blaster himself. The impressive seventh World Cup century by the India opener is proof of his batting brilliance. Sachin expressed his admiration on social media and shared his thoughts with followers, writing,
Bumrah and Rohit Sharma gave two excellent performances and received excellent support from the bowling and batting groups, respectively.
Different players made contributions to the two games, which neatly sets up the 14th of October. Look ahead!” the 50-year-old scribbled on the ‘X’.
Two fine performances by Bumrah and Rohit, who were well supported by the bowling and batting units respectively.
The 2 games have seen different players contributing and that sets things up nicely for the 14th of October. Look forward!#INDvAFG pic.twitter.com/EXQltgeut3— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) October 11, 2023
India checks all the boxes for the 2023 World Cup
Jasprit Bumrah, an Indian fast bowler, made big inroads into the Afghan batting order before Rohit Sharma’s batting fireworks. He took four key wickets and kept Hashmatullah Shahidi’s team from posting a difficult score. As a result of his outstanding performance in this game, Bumrah finished with an astounding 4 for 39, his career-best ODI World Cup stats.
The “Hitman” went on a six-hitting binge, slamming a blistering 131 off just 84 deliveries, as he chased a target of 273 for victory. In addition to ensuring victory, this performance became India’s captain the player with the most centuries in World Cup competition history. Alongside him, Ishan Kishan, a rookie player, played a crucial role in the successful run chase, as did Indian skipper Virat Kohli (55*), and Shreyas Iyer (25*).
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