Rohit Sharma is the batsman who hit the most sixes in T20: He also became the top scorer of the format; He scored the fastest fifty in World Cup 2024

Team India has continued its undefeated campaign in the T20 World Cup. The team defeated Australia by 24 runs in the match played in St. Lucia on Monday night.

The Indian team scored 205 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs and set a target of 206 runs for the Australians. This is the first time in this World Cup that Team India has scored more than 200 runs. Earlier, defending champion England has achieved this feat.

Indian captain Rohit Sharma played an explosive innings of 92 runs in 41 balls. His innings included 7 fours and 8 sixes. During this innings, many records were broken by Rohit’s bat…

Records made by Rohit’s bat

1. Completed 200 sixes in T20 International
Rohit Sharma hit 8 sixes against Australia. He has completed 200 sixes in T20 International. Now Rohit has 203 sixes to his name, which is the highest in this format.

2. Gayle’s record of top six hitters in international cricket as an opener broke
Rohit Sharma has hit 529 sixes in international cricket. Rohit broke Chris Gayle’s record for hitting the most sixes in international matches. Gayle has 520 sixes to his name.

3. Fastest Fifty in T20 World Cup 2024
Rohit completed his fifty in 19 balls against Australia. He became the fastest batsman to score a half-century in the T20 World Cup 2024. Rohit broke the record of America’s Aaron Jones. Jones had completed his fifty in 22 balls against Canada in the first match of this season. Later, South Africa’s Quinton de Kock equaled his record of 22 balls.

4. He came at number-3 among the Indian batsmen who scored the fastest fifty in the tournament
Rohit has come at number three in the list of Indian batsmen who scored the fastest fifty in T20 World Cup history. Before him, Yuvraj Singh has scored a half century in 12 balls and KL Rahul in 18 balls.

5. Has hit 132 sixes against Australia, leaving Gayle behind
Rohit Sharma has also come on top in terms of hitting the most sixes against a single country. He has hit 132 sixes against Australia. In this list, Rohit left behind West Indies’ legendary batsman Chris Gayle. Gayle had hit 130 sixes against the Kangaroos.

6. Indian captain’s big score in T20 World Cup
Rohit played an innings of 92 runs against Australia. This is the highest score by an Indian captain in a T20 World Cup match. Earlier, Virat Kohli had played an innings of 57 runs against Pakistan in 2021.

7. Most runs in T20 International, surpassed Babar
Indian captain Rohit Sharma has become the highest run-scorer in T20 Internationals. He left behind Pakistan captain Babar Azam. Babar has scored 4145 runs in 123 T20 International matches.

8. Indian who hit the most sixes in an innings of a T20 World Cup match
Rohit Sharma has become the Indian to hit the most sixes in a T20 World Cup match. He hit 8 sixes against Australia. Rohit broke Yuvraj Singh’s 14-year-old record. Yuvraj had hit 7 sixes in a match against England in 2007.

9. Equalled the record of the captain who has won the most T20 matches
Rohit Sharma won the 48th match as captain. He has equaled the record of winning the most T20 Internationals as a captain. Pakistan’s Babar Azam has also won 48 matches under his captaincy, although Rohit has captained in fewer matches than Babar. Babar has captained in 85 matches, while Rohit has captained in only 60 matches.

10. Completed 19 thousand runs in international cricket, fourth Indian to do so
​​​​​​​With this innings against Australia, he has scored more than 19 thousand runs in international cricket. He is the 9th batsman in the world and the fourth batsman from India to do so. Before Rohit, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid have achieved this feat.

Now the records made in the match…

11. Farooqui-Arshdeep top wicket takers of T20 World Cup 2024
Arshdeep dismissed 4 Australian batsmen. He has equaled Afghanistan’s Fazalhaq Farooqui in the list of top wicket-takers of T20 World Cup 2024. Both have taken 15-15 wickets after 6-6 matches.

12. Most wickets in a single season of T20 World Cup
Arshdeep Singh has taken 15 wickets in this World Cup. He has become the Indian bowler to take the most wickets in a season of T20 World Cup. Arshdeep broke the record of RP Singh. RP had taken 12 wickets in the 2007 season.

13. ​​​​​​​Head T20 World Cup 2024 Top Scorers
Australian opener Travis Head played an innings of 76 runs against India. He has become the top scorer of this World Cup. He has scored 255 runs in 7 matches, which is also Head’s best score. Head left Afghanistan’s Rahmanullah Gurbaz behind. Gurbaz has scored 238 runs in 6 matches. He has a chance to leave Head behind.

14. Kohli got out on zero for the second time
​​​​​​​Virat Kohli got out on zero. He was caught by Josh Hazlewood at the hands of David Warner. Kohli got out on zero for the second time in this World Cup. He was also sent to the pavilion by Indian-origin American bowler Saurabh Netravalkar.

Indian team hit 15 sixes, improved its own record. In this match against Australia, the Indian team hit 15 sixes. This broke the record of most sixes in an innings of this T20 World Cup match. The Indian team had hit 13 sixes against Bangladesh in the last match.

A team record at last

15. India is the team that has won the most T20 World Cup matches
India has won the 33rd T20 World Cup match by defeating Australia. Team India has become the team winning the most matches in the history of this tournament. The Indian team surpassed Sri Lanka’s record of 32 wins.