Rohit Sharma Needs 2 Sixes In 2nd India-New Zealand ODI To Break Shahid Afridi's Record Of...

World No. 1 ODI batter Rohit Sharma opened the innings for India in the first ODI against New Zealand, which was played at BCA Stadium in Vadodara on Sunday (January 11), and scored 26 runs from 29 balls.

During his stay at the crease in the series opener, Rohit slammed three fours and two sixes for the Shubman Gill-led side in the 301-run chase. Rohit, who holds the world record for hitting the most sixes in ODIs, T20Is, and international cricket, will have a chance to top the list of batters with the most sixes against New Zealand in ODIs on Wednesday (January 14).

In the second ODI, which is scheduled to take place at Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot, if Rohit manages to hit 2 sixes, then he will break Shahid Afridi’s record and take the No. 1 position.

Afridi played 38 ODIs against New Zealand from 1996 to 2015 and slammed 50 sixes, whereas Rohit has 49 sixes to his credit in 32 ODIs played so far against the Black Caps.

Most sixes in ODIs against New Zealand

PLAYER	COUNTRY	MATCHES	RUNS	SIXES
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	38	1078	50
Rohit Sharma	India	32	1099	49
Chris Gayle	West Indies	30	1026	45
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	47	1519	41
Jos Buttler	England	28	832	29
Fakhar Zaman	Pakistan	20	1077	28
Adam Gilchrist	Australia	43	1246	28
Eoin Morgan	England	23	689	27
Sachin Tendulkar	India	42	1750	26
Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan	41	883	25
Virat Kohli	India	34	1750	25

In the second ODI, Rohit will also have a chance to go past Jacques Kallis’ tally of 11,579 runs and become the 8th highest run scorer in ODIs.

Kallis played a total of 328 ODIs from 1996 to 2014 and scored a total of 11,579 runs, whereas Rohit has 11,542 runs to his credit in 280 ODIs played so far for India since making his debut in June 2007 against Ireland in Belfast. He needs 38 more runs to go past Kallis’ tally.

The world record for scoring the most runs in ODIs is in the name of Sachin Tendulkar (18426), and he is followed by Virat Kohli (14650), Kumar Sangakkara (14234), Ricky Ponting (13704), Mahela Jayawardene (13430), Mahela Jayawardene (12650), Inzamam-ul-Haq (11739) and Kallis (11579).

Most runs in ODIs

POSITION	PLAYER	COUNTRY	MATCHES	RUNS	BEST SCORE	100/50
1.	Sachin Tendulkar	India	463	18,463	200*	49/96
2.	Virat Kohli	India	309	14,650	183	53/77
3.	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	404	14,234	169	25/93
4.	Ricky Ponting	Australia	375	13,704	164	30/82
5.	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	445	13,430	189	28/68
6.	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	448	12,650	144	19/77
7.	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	378	11,739	137*	10/83
8.	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	328	11,579	139	17/86
9.	Rohit Sharma	India	280	11,542	264	33/61
10.	Sourav Ganguly	India	311	11,363	183	22/72

A century by Rohit on Wednesday will help him break the record of scoring the most centuries as an opener for India in international cricket. As of now, he is tied with Tendulkar, who also slammed 45 hundreds for the Men in Blue across formats as opener.