Rohit Sharma became the first player to hit 200 or more sixes in T20Is.
India advanced to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2024 with a 24-run victory over Australia at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in St. Lucia on Monday. Indian skipper Rohit Sharma starred in the victory, scoring 92 off 41 balls to help the Men in Blue to a massive win. The Hitman’s effort earned him the Player of the Match title and helped India win their 50th T20 World Cup game on a high note.
India’s route to 50 T20 World Cup matches has not been easy, and here we look at the Men in Blue’s record at the ICC’s flagship 20-over event, as well as Rohit’s impressive performance against Australia.
Rohit has become India’s greatest T20I scorer with 4165 runs, surpassing Virat Kohli’s 4103. He is also the leading T20I scorer, overtaking Babar Azam’s 4145.
Rohit’s 92 against Australia is India’s second-highest score at the Men’s T20 World Cup, trailing only Suresh Raina’s 101 against South Africa in 2010, also in Gros Islet.
92 – Rohit’s 41 balls 92 is also the second-highest individual score by a skipper in the Men’s T20 World Cup, trailing only Chris Gayle’s 98 against India in 2010.
Rohit Sharma’s eight sixes against Australia are the highest by an Indian hitter in one innings at the Men’s T20 World Cups. He broke Yuvraj Singh’s record of seven sixes against England in 2007.
Rohit took 19 balls to reach his half-century, which is the fastest fifty by any batsman against Australia in Men’s T20Is. This is also Rohit’s quickest fifty in T20.
203 – Rohit is the first T20I batter to have hit 200 or more sixes. Interestingly, Martin Guptill has 173 sixes, which is the second best.
