Having already broken the record for the maximum number of centuries in a World Cup edition, Indian opener Rohit Sharma will be looking to break another World Cup record when he comes out to bat against New Zealand in the first semi-final of the ongoing tournament at the Old Trafford on Tuesday.
Having scored 647 runs in the eight matches so far in the progressing World Cup, Rohit needs 27 runs more to turn into the most noteworthy run-getter in a solitary release of the show-stopper occasion, outperforming Sachin Tendulkar's count of 673 which he scored in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa.
After Sachin, second on the rundown of most noteworthy run-getters in a solitary World Cup is previous Australian opener Matthew Hayden who had scored 659 runs in the 2007 release in the West Indies. Against New Zealand, Rohit will likewise intend to turn into the batsman with the most number of hundreds of years in World Cups.
He has scored six centuries in the 16 World Cup innings he has played so far in his profession and mutually holds the record with Sachin, who had additionally scored six centuries in 44 innings of the World Cup he played. Third, on the rundown of most extreme hundreds is previous Australian captain Ricky Ponting who scored five centuries in 42 World Cup innings he played.
Prior against Sri Lanka, the India Vice Captain broke Kumar Sangakkara's record of most number of hundreds of years in a solitary World Cup version. The 32-year-old has overwhelmed the World Cup since Day 1, scoring 122 not out against South Africa in India's opening game. From that point onward, Rohit had scores of 57, 140, 1, 18, 102 and 104 and 103 in the group phase of the competition.
