With a Brisk Knock in the Final, Rohit Sharma Scripts a Huge World Cup Record
The captain of the Indian cricket team, Rohit Sharma, got the team off to another quick start, this time in the Cricket World Cup final against Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Rohit breezed his way to a 31-ball 47, smashing four fours and three sixes. In the 10th over, he was dismissed by Glenn Maxwell. With his knock, Rohit took his tally of runs in the tournament to 597 in 11 matches, thus becoming the highest-scoring skipper in a single edition of the World Cup.
Rohit, who also missed out on his fifty in the semi-final, went past Williamson with his 29th run to surpass his 578-run tally, which came in the 2019 edition.
Most runs by captains in a World Cup:
597: Rohit Sharma (IND) in 2023
578: Kane Williamson (NZ) in 2019
548: Mahela Jayawardene (SL) in 2007
539: Ricky Ponting (AUS) in 2003
509: Aaron Finch (AUS) in 2019
Virat Kohli scored the first half century of the World Cup final before Australia captain Pat Cummins got the better of him.