India CaptainRohit Sharma became the fastestIndian batsman to smash a WorldCup century

New Delhi: India CaptainRohit Sharma became the fastestIndian batsman to smash a WorldCup century, overpowering theprevious record held by Kapil Dev.Unleashing his belligerence, hebrought up his century in 63 balls
against Afghanistan compared toKapil’s 72 balls against Zimbabwein 1983 World Cup. Rohit scored
his century with a boundary and asingle off Mohammad Nabi’sbowling in the 18th over. Theinnings was studded with 12boundaries and 4 sixes. Thiscentury also was his 7th in the ICCWorld Cups, and also holds the
record of scoring maximumnumber of centuries in a singleedition of the tournament. He hasgot five of them in the 2019World Cup. Rohit also scored thelion’s share of runs in the 156 runspartnership for the first wicket
with Ishan Kishan who scored 47before he fell to Rashid Khan. TheIndian Captain also fell to Rashid
later in the innings, cleaning himup attempting a slog sweep todepart for an 84-ball 131. Bythen India had crossed the 200-mark with plenty of wickets andballs to spare in the chase.Batting first, Afghanistan posteda competitie 272/8. CaptainHashmatullah Shahidi andAzmatullah Omarzai led the waywith knocks of 80 and 62respectively, the two stitching a 121-run stand for the fourth wicket.

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