By: Shivani Shukla
Updated: June 24, 2024 11:05 pmRohit Sharma | Source: X.com
The Indian national cricket team captain Rohit Sharma has become the first player in T20I cricket to reach 200 sixes, thanks to his powerful knock against Australia in the Super 8 encounter in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024.
Rohit Sharma scored 92 runs off 41 balls, hitting seven boundaries and eight sixes, breaking several records in the process. His 4 sixes came in one over against Mitchell Starc. He cleared the covers for the first two, then sent one over deep mid-wicket.
By hitting his fifth six, Rohit Sharma has become the first batter to achieve 200 sixes in T20I cricket. He now totals 203 sixes in 149 innings.
Most Sixes in Men’s T20Is
Rohit Sharma – 203* in 149 innings
Martin Guptill – 173 in 118 innings
Jos Buttler – 137 in 113 innings
Glenn Maxwell – 133 in 103 innings
Nicholas Pooran – 132 in in 87 innings
Rohit Sharma continued his batting onslaught and smashed a 19-ball fifty, the fastest in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024. Rohit also broke the record for most sixes in an innings for India in a men’s T20 World Cup match.
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