Rohit Sharma on verge of creating history, needs to hit 3 more sixes in ODIs to break this massive record

Veteran India batter Rohit Sharma can achieve multiple feats in the upcoming three-match ODI series against South Africa. The 38-year-old already has 349 maximums under his name in the one-day format and if he goes on to hit three  more of them in the upcoming assignment,  then he will become the player to score the most maximums in ODI history, surpassing Shahid Afridi's tally of 351 sixes.

Throughout his already remarkable career, Rohit has been known as a power-hitter and has  hit a massive number of maximums in all the three formats. However, he has been incredibly dominant especially in ODIs, scoring a total of 11,370 runs in 276 matches. He  is by far the Indian player with the most maximums in one-day cricket with MS Dhoni being second with 229 sixes in 350 games.

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Players with the most sixes in ODIs-

1. Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) - 351 sixes

2. Rohit Sharma (India)  - 349 sixes

3. Chris Gayle (West Indies) - 331 sixes

4. Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) - 270 sixes

5. MS Dhoni (India) - 229 sixes

Rohit's successful series against Australia

Rohit is currently the No.1 batter in ODIs according to the ICC Rankings. He achieved this milestone for the first time in his career after his splendid performance against Australia in his previous one-day assignment. Notably, the 38-year-old had finished as the series' top-scorer with 202 runs from three innings, including a century and half-century each. Though the Men in Blue ended up  losing the series by 2-1, it was Rohit's unbeaten knock of 121* in the third match that ensured that the team didn't leave  Australia with no wins in the series.  

KL Rahul set to lead India against South Africa

Meanwhile, India's ODI assignment against South Africa will commence from November 30. With Shubman Gill absent due to injury, KL Rahul has been chosen to lead the team for the assignment. The serieswill see the duo of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli once again in action. This will be their first home assignment since the ODI series against England that took  place in February, 2025.

India's squad for ODI series against South Africa: Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul (C) (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Dhruv Jurel