IND vs AFG: Rohit and Rinku created history by making 190 runs partnership
IND vs AFG: India captain Rohit Sharma and young batsman Rinku Singh performed brilliantly in difficult conditions in the third T20I against Afghanistan on 17 January. Rohit, known as ‘Hitman’, scored a century while Rinku played an unbeaten half-century.
Rohit scored 121 runs in 69 balls with the help of 11 fours and 8 sixes. Whereas Rinku added 69 runs after facing 39 balls. 2 fours and 6 sixes came from his bat. Both of them created history by making a partnership of 190 runs for the fifth wicket and took India to the score of 212/4.
IND vs AFG: Highest T20I partnership for any wicket by India :-
Rohit and Rinku have made the highest T20I partnership for any wicket for India. Both of them batted strongly at a time when Team India had lost four important wickets at the score of 22. Virat Kohli and Sanju Samson were out without opening the account. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored four runs and Shivam Dubey scored one run. Let us tell you that Rohit completed his century in 64 balls. This is the fifth century of his T20 international career. Apart from him, no player has been able to touch this figure.
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Biggest partnership for India in T20 International :-
- 190* Sharma Sharma – Rinku Singh vs Afghanistan, Bengaluru 2024
- 176 Sanju Samson – Deepak Hooda vs Ireland Dublin 2022
- 165 Rohit Sharma – KL Rahul vs Sri Lanka, Indore 2017
- 165 Yashasvi Jaiswal – Shubman Gill vs West Indies, Lauderhill 2023
Most runs in one over in T20 International :-
- 36 – Yuvraj vs Broad, 2007
- 36 – Pollard vs Dhananjay, 2021
- 36 – Rohit/Rinku vs K Janat, 2024
- 34 – Seifert/Taylor vs Shivam Dubey, 2020
- 34 – R Burl vs N Ahmed, 2022
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