India captain Rohit Sharma joined the record books once more as he hit his first six throughout his side’s first T20I against Australia in Mohali to equal Nz opener Martin Guptill because the leading six-hitter within the good reputation for T20I cricket throughout the series opener.
Both Guptill and Rohit have hit 172 sixes in T20I cricket. Rohit needed 2 sixes to interrupt Guptill’s record however the Indian captain was ignored by Josh Hazlewood after hitting one six within the Mohali T20I against Australia.
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Guptill is adopted by West Indies great Chris Gayle, who smashed 124 sixes in only 79 matches for that two-time world champions. Former England skipper Eoin Morgan has hit 120 sixes while Australian skipper Finch has smashed 117 maximums in the T20I career. Finch may lead the protecting champions within the approaching ICC T20 World Cup 2022.
Rohit has already established an effective 2022 using the bat because the Indian captain has scored 423 runs in 17 matches at typically 26.43. His run tally includes two half-centuries, using the greatest score being 72 and the strike rate is 143.38 percent.
Rohit holds numerous records in India vs Australia T20 cricket. Aside from playing the greatest quantity of T20I matches and scoring probably the most quantity of runs with a male cricketer, Rohit also sits at the main position among batters using the greatest quantity of centuries (4) to his name. He shares the rostrum with Virat Kohli with regards to the greatest quantity of fifty-plus (31) scores by batter in T20I cricket.