On Tuesday, in the India vs New Zealand first semi-final of ICC World Cup 2019, Rohit Sharma has a chance to once again rewrite the record books.Such has been Rohit’s brilliance with the bat in this showpiece event that for once, the spotlight has shifted away from India captain Virat Kohli and is firmly on Rohit. It is expected to remain the same when India take on New Zealand Tuesday at Manchester.
Rohit is on verge of breaking two World Cup records and both of them belong to Sachin Tendulkar. Rohit, who has 647 runs to his name in just 8 innings in this World Cup is just 27 runs away from eclipsing Tendulkar to become the highest run-scorer in a single edition of the world event.
Tendulkar had scored 673 runs in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa. The second on the list is Australia’s Matthew Hayden, who had scored 659 runs in 2007 World Cup in West Indies.
If Rohit manages to score 53 more runs against New Zealand in the first semi-final then he will also become the first cricketer to score 700 runs in a World Cup.
Rohit also has a chance to become the first to score 7 centuries in World Cups. Currently, Rohit jointly holds the record for most centuries in World Cups with Sachin Tendulkar, who had scored 6 tons in 6 World Cups.
Rohit, however, has a far better 100/match ratio. He has already scored 6 hundreds in is playing only in his second World Cup.
