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IND vs AUS 1st T20I: These records will be made in Mohali! Race continues between Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli

Sudev Haldar
2 years ago

IND vs AUS 1st T20I: The first match of the three-match T20 series between India and Australia will be played in Mohali on Tuesday. Race continues between Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Discussions are also intensifying about many records before this match. Indian captain Rohit Sharma and former captain have achieved many achievements in their careers, but in this match once again both the players are on the threshold of achieving a new achievement. In the first match of this series or in the subsequent matches, many records can be seen being made and broken.

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Talking about the first Indian captain Rohit Sharma, then he can become the batsman to hit the most sixes in this series. He is just a long shot away from Martin Guptill of New Zealand after which he can claim the title of Sixer King. On the other hand, he is the world’s highest run-scorer in T20 Internationals and is second only to Virat Kohli who can surpass Hitman. So this race between the two is going on. Apart from this, both are back and forth even in the case of highest 50 plus score.

Will these records be made or broken in India-Australia series?

Batsmen with most sixes in T20Is
Martin Guptill – 121 matches, 172 sixes
Rohit Sharma – 136 matches, 171 sixes
Chris Gayle – 79 matches, 124 sixes

Most runs in T20Is

Rohit Sharma – 3620 runs (136 matches)
Virat Kohli – 3584 runs (104 matches)
Martin Guptill – 3497 runs (121 matches)

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Highest 50+ scores in T20Is

Virat Kohli – 33 (32 fifties, 1 century)
Rohit Sharma – 32 (28 fifties, 4 centuries)
Babar Azam – 27 (26 fifties, 1 century)

Virat Kohli close to breaking ‘The Wall’

The most special record that can be broken in this series is that of Virat Kohli’s international runs. In which he can leave behind the current head coach and Rahul Dravid, who is popularly known as The Wall. Rahul Dravid has 24208 runs in international cricket, while Virat Kohli has scored 24002 runs. According to the form Virat is in and the way he has come out with a brilliant batting in the Asia Cup 2022. If he plays in the same rhythm, then he can also leave Rahul Dravid behind in terms of international runs.