Senior Indian opener Rohit Sharma on Thursday became the fastest to slam 200 sixes in One Day Internationals. Rohit Sharma is also the only cricketer from India to reach the mark of 200 sixes in One Dayers after former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Rohit Sharma achieved this feat during the final ODI match between India and the West Indies at the Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. During India’s batting, Rohit Sharma hit the West Indies skipper for a six over mid-wicket on the second ball of the 11th over and in the process became the quickest to hit 200 sixes in the limited overs game.
Before Rohit Sharma (187 innings), the record was held by former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi, who had taken 195 innings to achieve the same feat. South Africa’s explosive batsman AB de Villiers has taken 214 innings, and New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum reached this mark in 228 innings.
West Indies’ Chris Gayle is the fifth in the list. Gayle has taken 241 innings to smash 200 ODI sixes followed by India’s MS Dhoni (248) and Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya (343).
Rohit Sharma is also third in the list of balls taken to hit 200 ODI sixes.
FIFTY!
The Hitman @ImRo45 looks in great touch as he brings up his 37th ODI half-century 👏👏💥#INDvWI pic.twitter.com/GlYXnG9vDM
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 1, 2018
The number of balls taken to hit 200 ODI sixes:
4203 Shahid Afridi
6308 B McCullum
8387 Rohit Sharma*
9390 AB de Villiers
10197 C Gayle
10368 MS Dhoni
11774 S Jayasuriya
Rohit Sharma has been in a terrific form in the ongoing five-match ODI series between India and West Indies. The stylish Mumbai batsman has already notched up two 150-plus scores in previous four matches. Rohit also holds the record for most number of 150 plus scores (seven) in ODIs.