NEW DELHI: Indian opener Rohit Sharma overtook skipper Virat Kohli to turn into India's perfect run-getter in Twenty20 Internationals all the way through the second event of the three-match series in opposition to the West Indies on the Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday.
Playing his 86th T20I, Rohit surpassed Kohli's tally of 2102 runs through hitting a six over lengthy off in the 5th over bowled through Oshane Thomas. The 31-year-old batsman, who is also main the facet in absence of Kohli, leapfrogged New Zealand's Brendon McCullum (2140 runs in 71 suits) and Pakistan's Shoaib Malik (2190 runs in 108 suits) to take the second spot in the listing of maximum runs in the shortest structure of the sport.
Martin Guptill of New Zealand leads the chart with 2271 runs in 75 suits.
Leading run scorers for India in T20Is
Rohit additionally slammed his fourth's T20I hundred - maximum through any batsman in the structure - to power India to 195/2. The Mumbai batsman remained unbeaten on 111 and smacked eight fours and 7 sixes all the way through his 61-ball keep on the crease.
Rohit used to be in crimson hot shape as he gathered 389 runs in the lately concluded ODI series in opposition to Windies with two centuries. He additionally long gone past the 1,000-run mark for the calendar 12 months 2018 and completed 200 sixes in ODIs.
The right-handed batsman Rohit additionally went past Kohli to remain on top of creating perfect individual score of the 12 months through an Indian batsman in ODIs since 2013.
With 162 off 137 balls, a record-extending seventh 150 or more score for him, in opposition to West Indies in the fourth ODI on the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, Rohit has overtaken Kohli's 160 now not out in opposition to South Africa in Cape Town.
Playing his 86th T20I, Rohit surpassed Kohli's tally of 2102 runs through hitting a six over lengthy off in the 5th over bowled through Oshane Thomas. The 31-year-old batsman, who is also main the facet in absence of Kohli, leapfrogged New Zealand's Brendon McCullum (2140 runs in 71 suits) and Pakistan's Shoaib Malik (2190 runs in 108 suits) to take the second spot in the listing of maximum runs in the shortest structure of the sport.
Martin Guptill of New Zealand leads the chart with 2271 runs in 75 suits.
Leading run scorers for India in T20Is
| Player | Matches | Runs | 100 |
| Rohit Sharma | 86 | 2203 | four |
| Virat Kohli | 62 | 2102 | 0 |
| Suresh Raina | 78 | 1605 | 1 |
| MS Dhoni | 93 | 1487 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 58 | 1177 | 0 |
Rohit additionally slammed his fourth's T20I hundred - maximum through any batsman in the structure - to power India to 195/2. The Mumbai batsman remained unbeaten on 111 and smacked eight fours and 7 sixes all the way through his 61-ball keep on the crease.
Rohit used to be in crimson hot shape as he gathered 389 runs in the lately concluded ODI series in opposition to Windies with two centuries. He additionally long gone past the 1,000-run mark for the calendar 12 months 2018 and completed 200 sixes in ODIs.
The right-handed batsman Rohit additionally went past Kohli to remain on top of creating perfect individual score of the 12 months through an Indian batsman in ODIs since 2013.
With 162 off 137 balls, a record-extending seventh 150 or more score for him, in opposition to West Indies in the fourth ODI on the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, Rohit has overtaken Kohli's 160 now not out in opposition to South Africa in Cape Town.
Rohit Sharma becomes India's highest run-getter in T20Is
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