India vs Sri Lanka: Captain Rohit Sharma surpassed Virat Kohli and Martin Guptill to change into the main run-scorer within the T20I format on Thursday in Lucknow.
IND vs SL: Rohit Sharma units new world file, turns into main T20I scorer (AP Photo)
HIGHLIGHTSRohit Sharma turned the main run-scorer in T20IsRohit Sharma went previous Martin Guptill’s tally of 3299 runsRohit Sharma achieved the T20I milestone within the collection opener
India captain Rohit Sharma on Thursday set a brand new world file as he surpassed New Zealand’s Martin Guptill to change into the main run-scorer in T20I cricket. Rohit additionally overtook his former captain Virat Kohli to maneuver from the third spot to bag the numero uno place within the batting chart within the shortest format of the sport.
Rohit Sharma wanted 37 runs forward of the primary T20I in opposition to Sri Lanka and he achieved the milestone as early because the collection opener on the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekanta Stadium on Friday.
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Rohit went previous Martin Guptill’s tally of 3299 runs and Kohli’s tally of 3296 runs with a robust begin within the first T20I in opposition to the visiting Sri Lankan aspect. Rohit can be eyeing one other main milestone as he’s simply 2 extra matches from breaking Shoaib Malik’s file because the most-capped T20I participant within the historical past of the format.
Rohit has 3301 runs in 123 matches at a mean of over 32. He has 4 hundred within the format, essentially the most by an Indian in T20Is. Virat Kohli had a chance to go previous Guptill in the course of the recently-concluded 3-match T20I collection in opposition to the West Indies. Despite hitting a fifty within the 2nd T20I, Kohli fell 4 runs wanting the world file.
Kohli was rested for the third T20I in opposition to the West Indies and for everything of the continued collection in opposition to Sri Lanka. Rohit Sharma had a middling collection in opposition to the West Indies, managing simply 66 runs in 3 T20Is.
In truth, he sacrificed his place within the top-order within the collection finale to accommodate Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ishan Kishan. With Rutuaj struggling a wrist damage, Rohit was again on the prime for India within the 1st T20I in opposition to Sri Lanka.
Rohit has made a acutely aware effort to play extra aggressively on the prime of the order for the reason that T20 World Cup in 2021. He scored at a panoramic tempo in opposition to New Zealand at dwelling final 12 months, scoring 159 runs at a strike charge of over 150.
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