Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli set world records in Ranchi:’Hitman’ becomes player with most ODI sixes, ‘King’ surpasses Sachin; top records

India defeated South Africa by 17 runs in the Ranchi ODI. In the match, India’s two star batters, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, created world records. Rohit became the player with the most sixes in ODIs, while Kohli became the player with the most centuries in a single format. Top 10 records from IND vs SA first ODI: 1. Rohit broke Shahid Afridi’s record In the 20th over, Rohit Sharma hit a magnificent six off Marco Jansen’s ball, and with this shot, he became the batter with the most sixes in ODI cricket. Rohit surpassed Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi’s world record of 351 sixes, setting a new milestone. 2. Kohli becomes batter with most centuries in a single format Virat Kohli has now become the batsman with the most centuries in a single format. He completed his 52nd century in ODI cricket, which is a world record for this format. He surpassed Sachin Tendulkar who had 51 centuries in Test cricket. Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma is at the top in the shortest format with 5 centuries in T20 Internationals. Also Read | BCCI meeting to discuss Rohit, Kohli’s ODI future soon 3. Rohit-Virat: The Indian pair who played the most matches Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have now become the pair who have played the most international matches together for India. They played their 392nd match together. Speaking of the world’s most successful pairs, Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara are at the top of the record, having played 550 matches together. Among Indian pairs, after Rohit-Virat, comes the pair of Sachin Tendulkar-Rahul Dravid, who played 391 matches together. 4. Kohli-Rohit completed their 52nd 50+ partnership Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli completed their 52nd 50+ partnership in ODIs. At the top of the records is the pair of Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar, who have made more than fifty partnerships 83 times. After them, the Sachin-Dravid pair has achieved this feat 74 times, while the Gambhir–Sehwag pair has done it 53 times. 5. Kohli scored the most ODI centuries against SA Virat Kohli has now become the batsman with the most centuries against South Africa. Kohli has smashed 6 centuries in just 30 matches. He is followed by David Warner, who has scored 5 centuries in 30 matches. 6. Kohli-Rohit made a century partnership for the 20th time in ODIs Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli completed their 20th century partnership in ODIs. Still at the top is the pair of Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar, who have made more than 100 runs partnerships a record 26 times. For Rohit and Kohli, this was also their second consecutive century partnership. Before this, both had added an unbeaten 168 runs in Sydney. 7. Rohit completed 2 thousand runs against South Africa Rohit Sharma has completed 2000 international runs against South Africa. Rohit has so far scored 2030 runs in 63 innings across 56 matches. His highest score is 212 and his average is 33.83. Rohit has also scored 7 centuries and 5 half-centuries against South Africa. Sachin Tendulkar is at number one, with 3752 runs to his name. Also Read | MS Dhoni drives Virat Kohli around in Ranchi, video viral 8. Kohli scored his third century in Ranchi Virat Kohli scored his third ODI century in Ranchi. It took him only 5 innings to achieve this. With this new achievement, Kohli has become the player with the most ODI centuries at a single venue in India. He is followed by Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 3 centuries in 7 innings in Vadodara. 9. India post the highest ODI total in Ranchi India made Ranchi’s highest ODI score. Team India posted a big score of 349/8 against South Africa, which is the highest total ever on this ground. Before this, Australia had scored the most runs in Ranchi. The team had scored 313/5 in 2019. India’s score of 349/8 is also their second-highest overall total against South Africa. Before this, India had scored 401 runs in Gwalior in 2010. In the same match, Sachin Tendulkar scored the first double century in men’s cricket. 10. India lost the 19th consecutive toss India has lost the toss in 19 consecutive ODI matches. This streak started with the 2023 World Cup final (Ahmedabad) and continues to this day. On the other hand, the worst consecutive toss-losing streak in ODIs belongs to the Netherlands, who lost the toss 11 times consecutively between March 2011 and August 2013.