The ICC World Cup 2023 is less than one week away from now. It’ll be a great opportunity for all the teams to make or break records and set the world cricket on fire. The preparations are in full flow as warmup games are also in progress and it promises to be an enthralling tournament.
ICC World Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma on the verge of breaking the massive record of Sachin Tendulkar in terms of centuries
Indian Cricket Team will be one of the red-hot favourites to win the ICC World Cup. There are quite a few players that will play a key role for them and one among them is skipper Rohit Sharma, who comes to his beast mode when the World Cup arrives.
Going into the ICC World Cup 2023, Rohit Sharma is on the verge of achieving history. The Indian captain can shatter the massive record of the great Sachin Tendulkar in the upcoming tournament. India will open their campaign against Australia on 8th October in Chennai.
Rohit Sharma is just one century away from overtaking Sachin Tendulkar in the most hundreds list in ODI World Cup history. The current Indian captain so far has smashed has 6 hundreds and 3 fifties from just 17 innings in ODI World Cup. He would be hoping to add to his tally.
Apart from this, Rohit Sharma is also on the verge of a massive feat. He needs to score 22 runs in 2 innings to become the fastest ever to score 1,000 runs in the ICC Cricket World Cup. The batter currently has 978 runs from 17 innings.
Many fans would be rooting for him to do what he did in the 2019 World Cup. Rohit Sharma was the highest run-getter in the last tournament and also smashed a record 5 centuries in the event.
ICC World Cup 2023: India squad for the ICC World Cup
Here’s India’s squad for the ICC World Cup 2023
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj.