Newshub18:Soumya and Rohit are equal in the middle of zero.Who owns the most runs in international T20? Who again, Rohit Sharma! The opener tops the list of highest run scorers in minor version of cricket with 3737 runs in 134 innings.
Who hit the most sixes in international T20? Rohit Sharma also answers such questions. Rohit tops the list with 178 sixes. It is understood that T20 cricket is for Rohit. But there is another side of the coin. There are also records that Rohit wants to forget.
Chasing 228 runs in the India-South Africa series yesterday, Rohit Sharma got out for no runs in the second ball of the innings. This batsman has become the owner of some records. Rohit has got the most (43) single-digit home runs in T20 Internationals. He got out for zero runs in the last match and surpassed former Ireland cricketer Kevin O’Brien (42). Mushfiqur Rahim at number three with 40 runs out. Afghan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi (39) is fourth. Five former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi (37). Rohit is the only Indian cricketer to get out for 10 runs in international T20. His closest rival in this list, Lokesh Rahul, has been dismissed five times before opening his run book.
However, Rohit is still some way away from the record of highest number of zero run outs in T20 Internationals. Kevin O’Brien tops the list with 12 wickets. Rohit got out and caught Soumya Sarkar, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Umar Akmal and Paul Sterling before opening the account of 10 runs. In other words, these five batsmen have been dismissed for zero runs 10 times in international T20.
In this series, two more records have been shared by Rohit. He is the only Indian captain to score 500 runs in a single year. As the only Indian cricketer, he played his 400th T20 match in this series.Riley Russo’s century won South Africa by 49 runs in the last T20 yesterday. Chasing a target of 228 runs, India stopped at 178 runs. At this rate, India lost the most 8 T20 matches in a year in their history. India also set the record for winning the most matches this year – 23.Despite losing the third T20, India won the first two matches and won the series by 2-1. This is India’s first T20 series win against South Africa at home