IND vs NZ: Rohit Sharma broke this big record of MS Dhoni

Indian captain Rohit Sharma today registered a big record in his name in the first ODI of the three-match series against New Zealand being played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. 

Rohit Sharma played an inning of 34 runs today. He hit two sixes during this inning. Rohit Sharma broke the record of former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni as soon as he hit the first six in the match. Rohit Sharma has now overtaken Dhoni to become the batsman with the most sixes in ODI cricket in India. 

Rohit Sharma has got the maximum number of 125 sixes in ODI cricket in his home country. While MS Dhoni had hit 123 sixes in ODIs. In this case, Sachin Tendulkar was in third place, who had hit 71 sixes in India. In ODI cricket, Rohit Sharma has so far hit 265 sixes in 239 matches.