Hit Or Flop? Rohit Sharma Performance In ICC World Cup 2023

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Rohit Sharma played his final innings at the ICC World Cup 2023 on Sunday (November 19) as the 35-year-old opener ended his role with the bat while scoring 31-ball 47 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Was the innings good enough to sum up his contribution to the Indian team this ICC World Cup 2023 or was it not good enough to meet the stature of one of the best batter in the history of the tournament ever? We take a look at his statistics from the past 11 games to understand.

Rohit Sharma in WC 2023
11 innings | 597 runs | Avg 54.27 | SR 125.94 | 1 X 100s | 3 X 50s | 31 sixes
- Most sixes in a World Cup
- Most runs by a captain in a World Cup
- Second highest Strike in a World Cup (Minimum 400+ runs)
- 401 runs at a strike rate of 135 in overs 1 to 10 (the most in the tournament)

- Rohit Sharma took just 406 deliveries to reach 500 runs in ICC World Cup 2023. The batter took 527 balls to reach 500 runs in the last edition.

54 - Sixes by Rohit Sharma in ODI World Cups, the most for a player, going past Chris Gayle's 49. He also surpassed Gayle's record of most sixes in a single edition in 2015 (26) with 31 sixes.

Most partnership runs in a calendar year in ODIs
1635 S Tendulkar - S Ganguly (1998)
1523 Rohit Sharma - S Gill (2023) *
1518 A Gilchrist - M Waugh (1999)
1483 S Tendulkar - S Ganguly (2000)

- Rohit Sharma shot a combined tally of 198 boundaries (131 fours and 67 sixes) and has been his best tally of boundaries in a calendar year.

- In ICC World Cup 2023, only his knock of 87 off 101 deliveries against England on a slow pitch in Lucknow came at a lower strike rate of 100.