By Admin 
The first match of the three-match ODI series between India and South Africa is to be played tomorrow i.e. on Sunday, 30 November in Ranchi. In this match, former Indian captain Rohit Sharma can create a new world record. Actually, if Rohit Sharma hits three sixes in the first ODI, he will become the batsman who has hit the most sixes in this format.
Rohit Sharma has a chance to defeat former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi in the first ODI against South Africa. If Rohit hits 3 sixes in the first ODI to be played in Ranchi, he will become the ‘Sixer King’ by defeating Shahid Afridi.
Shahid Afridi has the record of hitting most sixes in ODIs.
Rohit Sharma has hit 349 sixes in 276 ODI matches since 2007. During this period, Rohit scored 11,370 runs with an average of 49.22. Rohit has scored 33 centuries and 59 half-centuries. Whereas former all-rounder Shahid Afridi has hit 351 sixes in 398 ODI matches. This Pakistani player has also scored 8,064 runs with an average of 23.57. During this period, he scored 6 centuries and 39 half-centuries.
The schedule of the ODI series is as follows
Team India will play a three-match ODI series against South Africa from 30 November to 6 December. The first match of this series will be played in Ranchi, after which the second match of the series will be played in Raipur on 3 December. The third match of the series will be played in Visakhapatnam on 6 December. Regular captain Shubman Gill is not a part of this series due to neck injury. In his place, wicketkeeper batsman KL Rahul has been given the captaincy.
Indian team for ODI series against South Africa- Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Verma, KL Rahul (captain and wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Harshit Rana, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Prasidh Krishna and Arshdeep Singh.