Rohit Sharma issued three traffic challans for over speeding on Mumbai-Pune Expressway

Indian Cricket Team captain Rohit Sharma reportedly received three traffic challans for speeding on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. The incident took place when the opening batter was on his way to join the Indian team in Pune for their next game against Bangladesh on Thursday, October 19.

Notably, India have won their first three matches in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 against Australia, Afghanistan and Pakistan and will now lock horns with Bangladesh. According to reports, Sharma was driving at speeds exceeding 200 km/h and hence three online traffic challans were issued to his vehicle for reckless driving.

According to a report in Pune Mirror, a traffic department person expressed concerns about the Indian captain’s reckless driving on a busy highway in the middle of the World Cup and suggested that he should be travelling in the team bus along with a police escort. The report also stated that the Indian skipper was driving a Lamborghini having a number plate of his highest ODI score ‘264’. 

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Meanwhile, the 36-year-old has been in sensational form in the ongoing World Cup as he’s the highest run scorer for India in the tournament so far. Sharma has amassed 217 runs from three innings at an average of 72.33 and a strike rate of 141.83 with one hundred and one fifty to his name. 

Rohit Sharma in terrific form in ODI World Cup 2023

He first scored a sensational 131 off 84 balls in the second game against Afghanistan and shattered several records during his innings. He registered the fastest hundred by an Indian batter in World Cups (63 balls), the most sixes in international cricket (562), the most hundreds in ODI World Cup (7 hundreds), joint-fastest to 1000 runs in ODI World Cup (19 innings) and third-most number of hundreds in ODIs (31).

Following that, the Indian skipper played another marvellous innings of 86 off 63 balls against the arch-rivals Pakistan to help India win by seven wickets. Sharma will look to play another incredible knock against Bangladesh in the next game and help his side win their fourth game on the trot.

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