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Rohit Sharma Record: Rohit Sharma became the batsman to hit most sixes in T20, leaving behind Martin Guptill

Sudev Haldar
2 years ago

The second match of the T20 series between India and Australia was named after India. In this rain-interrupted match, Team India won by six wickets. Captain Rohit Sharma contributed the most in India’s victory. He scored 46 runs in 20 balls. During this, his bat hit four fours and four sixes. With these four sixes, Rohit made a special record in his name. Rohit has now become the batsman to score the most sixes in international T20 cricket.

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Rohit Sharma has hit 176 sixes for India in T20 cricket. At the same time, Martin Guptill is at number two in this case, who has hit 172 sixes. Chris Gayle is at number three in this case, Gayle has hit 124 sixes. Apart from Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli is the second Indian to have hit more than 100 sixes for the country in T20 cricket. So far 104 sixes have come off his bat.

Rohit Sharma is the batsman with most sixes in T20

Rohit Sharma has scored more than 3500 runs in 138 matches. He has hit 176 sixes. At the same time, Martin Guptill has hit 172 sixes in 121 matches. However, Chris Gayle, who is ranked third in this list, is far behind these two. Gayle has hit 124 sixes in 79 matches. Former England captain Eoin Morgan is fourth with 120 sixes in 115 matches and Australia captain is fifth with 119 sixes in 94 matches.

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India reached level in the series

After winning the second match of the three-match series, Team India has reached a 1-1 draw in the series. Batting first in the match, Australia scored 90 runs for five wickets. Captain Finch made 31 off 15 balls and Matthew Wade scored 43 runs in 20 balls. Axar Patel took two wickets for India and Jasprit Bumrah took one wicket.

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Chasing the target of 91 runs, Rohit Sharma and Rahul made a great start for India by adding 39 runs in 17 balls. Rahul got out, but Rohit remained at the crease. He scored 46 runs in 20 balls and returned only after giving victory to India. In the end, Dinesh Karthik finished the match by scoring 10 runs in two balls. Adam Zampa took three wickets for Australia.