Rohit Surpasses Kohli, Becomes India’s Highest Run Scorer in T20Is
Rohit went past the mark during India’s second T20 against West Indies at Lucknow.
Rohit Sharma snatched one record from Virat Kohli’s long list as he surpassed the India captain to become the highest run-scorer in T20 Internationals. The 31-year-old opener went past the mark during India’s second T20 against West Indies at Lucknow on Tuesday, 6 November.
He followed that record by becoming the first cricketer to score fourth centuries in the shortest format.
Rohit hit an unbeaten 111 off 61 balls to complete his fourth ton in T20 Internationals. When he reached a personal score of 11, he surpassed Kohli's India record of 2101 runs. After today's innings, Rohit now has 2202 runs to jump to the second spot in the all-time list led by New Zealander Martin Guptill (2271).
Rohit achieved his feat in style, clobbering a 149kph delivery off pacer Oshane Thomas over the mid-off boundary in the fifth over. Before Tuesday, Kohli held the record, amassing 2101 runs from 62 T20 matches at an average of 48.88.
Rohit took 86 matches to reach the milestone.
(With inputs from PTI)
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