Rohit Sharma
IND vs AFG: Rohit Sharma played a strong innings during the third T20 match played between India and Afghanistan. Team India captain scored 121 runs in just 69 balls in this match. During this period, he batted at a strike rate of 175.36 and hit 11 fours and 8 sixes. Rohit Sharma also made many records in this match as captain and batsman. He was out on the score of duck in the last two matches, but Rohit made a strong comeback in this match and scored a century. During this time he also became a part of a special record list.
Rohit Sharma made a strong record
Although Rohit Sharma has many records against Afghanistan, there is also a special record which till date only two Indian batsmen had been able to do. Rohit Sharma has become the third and 10th batsman in the world to do so. Rohit Sharma is known all over the world for his art of hitting sixes, but this record is related to fours. Where he has completed his 1000 fours in T20 cricket. Before Rohit Sharma, only Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan have been able to do this feat for India. Now Rohit Sharma has also hit 1000 fours in T20 cricket.
List of batsmen who hit most fours in T20 cricket
- Alex Hales: 1317 fours
- David Warner: 1183 fours
- Chris Gayle: 1132 fours
- James Vince: 1095 fours
- Aaron Finch: 1095 fours
- Shikhar Dhawan: 1090 fours
- Virat Kohli: 1074 fours
- Babar Azam: 1015 fours
- Shoaib Malik: 1013 fours
- Rohit Sharma: 1000 fours
How was the match?
In the match played between India and Afghanistan, Team India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first. While on the strength of his century and Rinku Singh’s half-century, Team India scored 212 runs losing 4 wickets, but Afghanistan also scored 212 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs and the match became tied. After this, Super Over was played where Afghanistan, batting first, scored 16 runs and Team India also scored 16 runs. Once again the match was tied and a second super over was played. Where Team India batted first and scored 11 runs, but this time the Afghanistan team could not chase this target and India won the match.
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