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Captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday surpassed compatriot Sachin Tendulkar with a record seventh World Cup century to champion India to a crushing eight-wicket win over Afghanistan.
Chasing 273 for victory in New Delhi, the hosts rode on Rohit's 131 to achieve their target in 35 overs for a second straight win in the 50-over showpiece event.
He brought the nearly packed house to its feet with his century off 63 balls to go past Tendulkar's record of six tons in World Cups.
"Special to get a World Cup 100. Very happy about that. Don't want to think about records too much because I know there's a long way to go," Rohit said after being named man of the match.
"I know it's my responsibility to give the team a good start and put the team in a good position as much as possible. It's something I've done for a while and love."
Rohit's century was also the fastest by an Indian in a World Cup, quicker than Kapil Dev's hundred in 72 balls against Zimbabwe in 1983.
Rohit hit the ball to all parts of the ground as he reached 1,000 World Cup runs and then went past Chris Gayle's record of 553 sixes across all international formats.
His opening partnership of 156 with the left-handed Ishan Kishan, who made 47, extended the team's dominance after a good bowling show on a batting-friendly pitch.
Superstar cricketer and Delhi-born Virat Kohli soon took over to hit an unbeaten 55 and finished the match with a boundary.
Rohit said the team has players "who can play fearless cricket".
Afghanistan posted 272-8 after electing to bat at the ground which witnessed a World Cup record 754 runs scored in the previous match when South Africa posted 428 and defeated Sri Lanka.
"We have seven more games, looking forward to those games," said skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi, who top-scored for Afghanistan with 80. "Hopefully we learn from our mistakes and we will work on it."
The Afghans lost their opening match to Bangladesh while tournament favourites India began with a victory over five-time winners Australia.
Source: AFP news
夏爾馬大放異彩，印度在板球世界盃上擊敗阿富汗
週三，隊長羅希特·夏爾馬 (Rohit Sharma) 超越了同胞薩欽·滕杜卡 (Sachin Tendulkar)，創下了世界杯第七個世紀的紀錄，帶領印度以八個邊門的優勢擊敗了阿富汗。
在新德里，東道主以 273 桿獲勝，憑藉羅希特的 131 桿，在 35 桿比賽中實現了目標，在這場 50 桿以上的表演賽中連續第二次獲勝。
他以 63 球的百個百球打破了滕杜卡在世界盃上保持的 6 噸的紀錄，讓幾乎擠滿了人的球場站穩了腳跟。
「獲得世界盃100場比賽很特別。對此感到非常高興。不想過多考慮記錄，因為我知道還有很長的路要走，」羅希特在被評為本場最佳球員後說道。
“我知道我有責任給球隊一個良好的開局，並儘可能讓球隊處於有利的位置。這是我已經做了一段時間並且熱愛的事情。”
羅希特的世紀也是印度隊在世界盃上最快的世紀，比 1983 年對陣津巴布韋的卡皮爾·德夫 (Kapil Dev) 的 72 球百球還要快。
羅希特在世界盃上的得分達到了 1,000 分，並且超越了克里斯·蓋爾 (Chris Gayle) 在所有國際賽事中 553 次六分球的紀錄。
他在首場比賽中與左手伊尚·基山（Ishan Kishan）合作打出156桿，後者打出47桿，在擊球友好的球場上打出了精彩的保齡球表演後，擴大了球隊的統治地位。
超級明星板球運動員、出生於德里的維拉特·科利 (Virat Kohli) 很快接手，打出不敗的 55 桿，並以一分之差結束了比賽。
羅希特表示，球隊擁有「能夠無所畏懼地打板球」的球員。
阿富汗隊選擇落地擊球後，以272比8的成績，創造了世界盃紀錄，在上一場比賽中，南非隊以428分擊敗了斯里蘭卡隊，獲得了754分的世界盃紀錄。
“我們還有七場比賽，期待這些比賽，”阿富汗隊最高得分 80 分的隊長哈什馬圖拉·沙希迪 (Hashmatullah Shahidi) 說道， “希望我們能從錯誤中吸取教訓，並繼續努力。”
阿富汗隊在首場比賽中輸給了孟加拉國隊，而錦標賽熱門印度隊則以擊敗五屆冠軍澳大利亞隊的方式開始了比賽。 （法新社
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