Rohit Sharma took back the title of highest run in T20 in 48 hours, also beat Virat Kohli
India captain Rohit Sharma has made a comeback after the break. In the first T20 match played against West Indies on Friday, Rohit Sharma scored a half-century and got rid of sixes of the opposition team. In this innings, Rohit also recorded a big record in his name and became the highest run-scorer in T20 International.
In the first match of this series played against West Indies, Rohit Sharma scored 64 runs in 44 balls. In this innings, Rohit Sharma hit 7 fours and also hit 2 sixes. Captain Rohit Sharma’s strike rate was 145 during this period and he managed to maintain his pace.
Most runs in T20 cricket
• Rohit Sharma – 129 matches, 3443 runs, 32.38 average
• Martin Guptill – 116 matches, 3399 runs, 32.37 average
• Virat Kohli – 99 matches, 3308 runs, 50.12 average
Record withdrawn within 48 hours
Team India’s captain Rohit Sharma played a blistering innings against the West Indies and during this time he also made a big record in his name. Rohit Sharma has once again become the highest run-scorer in T20 International cricket.
Just in the T20 match against Scotland, Martin Guptill of New Zealand had made this record in his name and overtook Rohit Sharma. After that match, Martin Guptill had 3399 runs in 116 matches, while Rohit Sharma was 3379 runs in 128 matches. Now Rohit Sharma has become number-1 again.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) July 29, 2022
Congratulations to #TeamIndia captain @ImRo45 as he becomes the leading run-getter in T20Is (in Men's cricket). 👏 👏
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Virat Kohli was overtaken in this matter
Rohit Sharma has made another record in this match and in this the former captain of Team India, overtaking his teammate Virat Kohli. Rohit Sharma is now the highest scorer of 50+ scores in T20 Internationals, having scored 50 or more runs in his total 31 times in T20 cricket. This includes 27 fifties and 4 centuries. While Virat Kohli has 30 half-centuries to his name. In this case, Babar Azam of Pakistan is at number three, who has so far scored 26 T20 half-centuries and one century.
