ICC ODI World Cup Semi-Final IND vs NZ Live Update: Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill’s Batting Feat at Wankhede Stadium
Rohit Sharma’s bat took a hit while Shubman Gill’s bat made history after the stormy showdown. Though Rohit missed his half-century by 47 runs, Shubman’s fifty marked a historic milestone, following in the footsteps of Sachin Tendulkar.
Rohit and Shubman opened with a solid partnership of 71 runs in 8.2 overs. However, Rohit’s dismissal, caught by Team Saudi and secured by Kane Williamson, brought a sudden hush over the stadium. His innings of 47 runs off 29 balls, including 4 fours and 4 sixes, left the audience stunned. Prior to this match, Rohit had scored 16, 20, 10, and 4 runs at Wankhede.
Rohit crossed the 1500-run mark in World Cup history and joined the league of seven Indian captains to score 2000 runs in ODI cricket. This elite club includes Mahendra Singh Dhoni (6641), Virat Kohli (5449), Mohammad Azharuddin (5239), Sourav Ganguly (5082), Rahul Dravid (2658), and Sachin Tendulkar (2454).
Shubman continued the momentum set by Rohit, securing a half-century. He became the second Indian opener, following Sachin Tendulkar, to achieve this in World Cup semi-finals (a feat accomplished three times by Tendulkar in 1996, 2003, and 2011).
The Rohit-Shubman partnership also achieved a record, securing the highest number of fifty-plus run partnerships in a calendar year—14 times in 2023. This surpasses the 2007 record set by Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden with 13 partnerships.
Additionally, their 1493-run partnership in 2023 moved them to third place in the highest run partnership record in a calendar year, overtaking Ganguly-Tendulkar’s 1483 runs in 2000. The top spots are held by Ganguly-Tendulkar with 1635 runs in 1998 and Gilchrist-Mark Waugh with 1518 runs in 1999.