Rohit Sharma is known as the ‘Hitman’ around the world. On Monday, the Indian cricket team skipper demonstrated once more why he is so adored by making a star-studded Australian bowling lineup look pedestrian in a T20 World Cup Super 8 encounter in St Lucia. Rohit smashed eight sixes and seven fours against Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, scoring 92 runs off 41 balls. Rohit ended his innings with a strike rate of 224.39.
India’s win over Australia would seal them a semi-finalspot and Rohit Sharma gave India just the start that they needed. Rohit Sharma set two world records. The first was that he is now the first player to hit over 200 sixes in T20Is. He now also has the most number of sixes against an opponent in all international cricket.
Here is a full list of records/milestones broken/reached by Rohit Sharma in T20 WC Game vs Australia
# Rohit Sharma now has the most runs in T20I cricket. He is on 4165 ahead of Babar Azam (4145) and Virat Kohli (4103).
# Rohit Sharma is now the the first player to hit 200 sixes in T20 Internationals
# Most sixes vs an opponent in all International cricket
132 Rohit Sharma vs Aus
130 Chris Gayle vs Eng
88 Rohit Sharma vs WI
87 Chris Gayle vs NZ
86 Shahid Afridi vs SL
Fastest 50s for India in T20Is (balls faced)
12 Yuvraj Singh vs Eng Durban 2007
18 KL Rahul vs Sco Dubai 2021
18 Suryakumar Yadav vs SA Guwahati 2022
19 Gautam Gambhir vs SL Nagpur 2009
19 Rohit Sharma vs Aus Gros Islet 2024
Highest individual scores by a captain in T20 World Cups
98 C Gayle vs Ind Bridgetown 2010
92 Rohit Sharma vs Aus Gros Islet 2024
88 C Gayle vs Aus The Oval 2009
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Source: NDTV
