Team India will travel to Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium in order to lock horns with Afghanistan in Match 9 of the ICC Men's ODI Cricket World Cup 2023. The much-awaited fixture will be played on Wednesday, October 11.
Against some wily Afghan bowlers, India would look to score some big runs. One of India's biggest assets in their batting line-up is none other than skipper Rohit Sharma.
While Rohit has been in exceptional touch lately, his record against Afghanistan is unsatisfactory. He has only played one ODI World Cup game against the Afghans and made only 1 run in that game.
Rohit Sharma record vs Afghanistan in ODI World Cup matches
| Player | Rohit Sharma |
| Opponent Team | Afghanistan |
| Innings | 1 |
| Runs | 1 |
| Average | 1.00 |
| Strike Rate | 10.00 |
| Highest | 1 |
| 50/100 | 0/0 |
| Duck | 0 |
Rohit Sharma played his only ODI World Cup game against Afghanistan during the 2019 ODI World Cup. It was Match 28th of the tournament and was played at the Rose Bowl in Southampton. Although Rohit had a dream 2019 ODI World Cup campaign, he endured a rare failure against Afghanistan.
In the 5th over, bowled by Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Rohit was clean bowled after making only one run off ten balls.
Rohit will look to improve his tally against Afghanistan when the two teams will meet in Delhi on October 11.
Rohit Sharma ODI cricket stats vs Afghanistan
| Player | Rohit Sharma |
| Opponent Team | Afghanistan |
| Innings | 2 |
| Runs | 19 |
| Average | 19.00 |
| Strike Rate | 55.88 |
| Highest | 18* |
| 50/100 | 0/0 |
| Duck | 0 |
Apart from his ODI 2019 World Cup game, Rohit Sharma faced only one more time against Afghanistan in ODIs. It was also his maiden ODI vs Afghanistan.
The encounter was played during the 2014 Asia Cup. Batting first, Afghanistan made 159 on the board.
In reply, Rohit batted at No. 3 and remained unbeaten at 18 off 24 balls. India eventually won that particular game with eight wickets and 106 balls in hand.
Rohit Sharma international record vs Afghanistan
Rohit Sharma has not played enough international cricket against Afghanistan. In fact, he has only featured across four international games against the Afghans.
Apart from the two aforementioned ODIs, Rohit has played two T20Is against the country, scoring a total of 75 runs in those games.
Rohit's best knock against Afghanistan came during the 2021 T20 World Cup when he hammered 74 runs off only 47 balls in Abu Dhabi.
Rohit Sharma’s international stats vs Afghanistan (All 3 formats combined)
| Player | Rohit Sharma |
| Opponent Team | Afghanistan |
| Innings | 4 |
| Runs | 94 |
| Average | 47.00 |
| Strike Rate | 114.63 |
| Highest | 74 |
| 50/100 | 1/0 |
| Duck | 0 |
