Rohit becomes India's 2nd highest scorer in Cricket World Cup

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Indian captain Rohit Sharma was on fire against Pakistan at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. He scored 86 runs off 63 balls, hitting six boundaries and as many sixes.

Rohit Sharma | Sportz Point

Rohit Sharma overtook Virat Kohli to became India's 2nd highest scorer in ODI World Cups.

Virat Kohli might miss the warm up match against Netherlands (Image - BCCI)

He has now scored 1195 runs in 20 matches in ODI World Cup. Rohit is only behind Sachin, Ponting, Sangakkara, Lara, De Villiers, and Shakib in terms of runs scored in ODI World Cups.

Rohit Sharma | Sportz Point

Rohit Sharma also became the first Indian to hit 300 sixes in ODIs. He also registered the highest score by an Indian captain against Pakistan in ODI World Cups.

Rohit Sharma | Sportz Point

Pakistan were bundled for 191 runs in the first innings against India. India chased down the target with seven wickets in hand to make it 8-0 in ODI World Cups against Pakistan.

India have never lost an India vs Pakistan match in ICC ODI World Cup history. | Image - Getty