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India captain Rohit Sharma is currently in Bengaluru preparing for the 1st Test match against New Zealand which is scheduled to start from October 16 at Chinnaswamy Stadium. He was last featured in the two Test match series against Bangladesh where India defeated Bangladesh 2-0. Rohit failed to score in the first Test match he just managed to score six runs in two innings. He scored 31 runs in the second Test match which was played at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur.
However, the Indian captain is on the verge of breaking a plethora of records in his upcoming outing against New Zealand, here are few records that will be broken by Rohit in the upcoming Test assignment against BlackCaps.
Most Test Sixes for India: The Indian captain has slammed 87 maximums in 61 Test outings. The 37-year-old just five sixes away from breaking former opener Virender Sehwag’s record and becoming the leading six-hitter for India in Test cricket. During his playing days, Sehwag smacked 91 sixes in 104 matches.
Rohit is on the verge of becoming the first Indian to score 1000 runs in two WTC cycles: Rohit Sharma has so far scored 742 runs to his name in 11 matches played so far in WTC 2023-25. If Rohit managed to score 258 runs more in the Test series against New Zealand, he would become the first Indian cricketer to score 1000 runs in two WTC cycles. In the 2019-21 edition of WTC, Rohit amassed a total of 1094 runs in 12 matches for the Indian team.
Most successful India captain in WTC: India won 12 out of 18 Test matches under Rohit Sharma's leadership in WTC. If India manages to whitewash New Zealand in three Test match series then he will break Virat Kohli’s record and become India’s most successful captain in the WTC history. Virat led India in 22 WTC matches from 2019 to 2022 and won 14 of them.
Rohit to break Azharuddin's record: India managed to win 12 out of 18 Test matches under Rohit Sharma's leadership and if he leads India to three wins in three matches against New Zealand, then he will break Mohammad Azharuddin’s record and become India’s fourth-most successful captain in Tests. Azhar, who led India in 47 Tests from 1990 to 1997, won 14 times.
Rohit Sharma is also on the verge of becoming the first Indian batter if he manages to score 3000 runs in WTC if he manages to score at least 406 runs in the three Tests against the Kiwis. As of now, he has 2594 runs to his name in 34 matches.
