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India opener Rohit Sharma connected Sunday (November 30, 2025) surpassed Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi to deed maximum fig of sixes (352) by immoderate batter successful the past of One-Day Internationals cricket, during the archetypal ODI against South Africa here.
Rohit came into this bid with 349 sixes successful his relationship and 2 down Afridi, who deed 351 successful 398 matches successful ODI cricket betwixt 1996 to 2015.
Rohit deed 2 consecutive sixes implicit heavy midwicket disconnected South African spinner Prenelan Subrayen successful the 15th implicit of the innings to adjacent with Afridi, and pulled Marco Hansen implicit heavy quadrate limb to acceptable the satellite grounds for astir ODI sixes successful slightest fig of innings.
The 38-year-old right-hander brought up the grounds soon aft completing his 60th half-century successful ODI cricket.
Rohit yet fell for 57 disconnected 50 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes.
The erstwhile India skipper, who earlier this twelvemonth led his broadside to rubric triumph successful the Champions Trophy and remains progressive lone successful ODI cricket, achieved the feat successful lone his 270th innings successful his 278th ODI for India, having made his debut successful 2007.
