Rohit Sharma: All the players of the Australian cricket team are counted among the most dangerous players in the world. Be it a batsman or a bowler. There are many star players in the Australian team and through this article today, we are going to tell you about one such Australian batsman, who is called Australia's Virat Kohli and he tried his best to break the record of Rohit Sharma's historic innings in ODIs but missed.
This Australian batsman could have broken Rohit's record
Actually, the batsman we are talking about is none other than Australia's star opener D'Arcy Short, who tried his best to break the record of 264 runs of Indian captain Rohit Sharma during the 2018 ODI Cup. But missed by only 7 runs. He scored 257 runs while playing for Western Australia in the ODI Cup. During this, he hit a lot of fours and sixes.
He did wonders while playing for Western Australia
Let us tell you that while playing for Western Australia in the ODI Cup 2018, D'Arcy Short scored 257 runs with the help of 15 fours and 23 sixes in 148 balls. During this, due to his strong innings, Western Australia scored 387 runs while batting first and won the match by 116 runs. Queensland, chasing the target of Western Australia, scored only 271 runs despite many efforts. During this, D'Arcy Short got the Player of the Match award for strong batting.
No batsman has been able to break Rohit Sharma's record
It is known that Rohit Sharma holds the record of playing the biggest innings in ODI International cricket, which he made against Sri Lanka in the year 2014. However, he is at the third position in terms of playing the biggest innings in overall List A cricket.
On the other hand, Australian legend D'Arcy Short is at the fourth position with 257 runs. If D'Arcy Short had scored 7 runs by mistake, he would have equaled Rohit and would have overtaken him by scoring 8 runs.
