When Rohit Sharma takes the field tomorrow for the second of the 3-match T20I series against Afghanistan, he will create a record that no cricketer has achieved before in the shortest format of the game. Last year he surpassed Chris Gayle’s list of most international sixes and with the start of 2024, Rohit Sharma is set to break a few more records.
But what will be important for him in the second T20I in Indore is the team’s victory and his own performance as an opener. He will play only his second match in this format since the 2022 T20 World Cup semi-final against England in November.
And after his first appearance since then in the 1st T20 against Afghanistan proved short-lived, Rohit will be aiming for a big tomorrow. Now let’s go back to the records. His appearance tomorrow will make him the first men’s cricketer to play 150 matches in the shortest format since he debuted in 2007 in Durban against England.
Anyway, Rohit Sharma is the most capped player in T20Is but reaching the 150 mark will definitely be special as he will be the first to do so. He could not do anything special in his 149th T20I appearance (which was the first T20 against Afghanistan) as Shubman Gill did not respond to his call for a single.
The 35-year-old had played a straight shot on the second ball of Fazalhaq Farooqi’s first over that went to the fielder in the middle region. As soon as the ball left his bat, Rohit started running towards the non-striker’s side, but he was so unlucky that Gill, instead of listening to his call, kept looking at the ball and stood firm inside his crease. .
As a result, Rohit Sharma had to lose his wicket and was certainly not happy on his way back to the dressing room. But anyway, he will look to make some runs tomorrow in Indore to add to his tally of 3853 T20 runs for India.
Rohit Sharma needs 44 runs to break Kohli’s record and needs 2 more wins to break MS Dhoni’s record
Apart from the record for most appearances, Rohit Sharma has his sights set on breaking 2 more records. His tally of 3,853 T20I runs makes him the second-highest run-scorer in the format, with former India captain Virat Kohli at the top with 4,008 runs.
But that’s not the real record. He will need 44 more runs to become India’s top T20I scorer as captain. Rohit Sharma currently has 1527 runs as captain while Kohli has 1570 runs as captain. Also, if India manages to complete a whitewash against Afghanistan, then Rohit Sharma will break MS Dhoni’s record of most wins as captain.
Dhoni had 41 wins to his name and Rohit currently has 40 wins as captain from 52 matches he has led as captain. Rohit Sharma will look to break these 2 records at the end of this series.
