Indian captain Rohit Sharma created history with a blistering innings of 92 runs against Australia in his final match of the T20 World Cup 2024 Super-8. The hitman has now become the new ‘king’ of T20I cricket. Yes, Rohit Sharma has beaten Virat Kohli and Babar Azam to the number-1 spot in terms of scoring most runs in T20I cricket. Based on this innings of the hitman, India was able to defeat the Kangaroos by 24 runs. Batting first, India scored 205 runs in the stipulated 20 overs, in response to which Australia could only score 181 runs. Rohit Sharma was awarded the Player of the Match for his innings.
Half century and century doesn’t matter… Rohit Sharma won hearts by beating Australia.
After this innings, Rohit Sharma has the most runs in T20I cricket with 4165 runs. He has scored these runs at an average of 32.03 and a strike rate of 140.75. The hitman has the most centuries in this format with 5 centuries, while he has also scored 31 half-centuries during this period.
Rohit Sharma has taken the lead over Babar Azam by 20 runs and Virat Kohli by 62 runs in terms of scoring the most runs in T20I cricket.
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Batsman with most runs in T20I cricket-
Rohit Sharma- 4165
Babar Azam- 4145
Virat Kohli- 4103
Paul Sterling – 3601
Martin Guptill – 3531
How was India and Australia match?
After losing the toss, Team India, who came to bat first, did not have a good start. Virat Kohli returned to the pavilion without opening the account in the second over. After this the hitman showed his strong form and scored the fastest half-century of this edition in 19 balls. Rohit played an innings of 92 runs in 41 balls with the help of 7 fours and 8 towering sixes. Apart from him, Suryakumar Yadav scored 31 runs, Shivam Dubey scored 28 runs and Hardik Pandya played an innings of 27 runs to take the team to a score of 205.
Chasing this score, the Australian team did not get off to a good start either. David Warner returned to the pavilion cheaply. However, after this, Travis Head along with Mitchell Marsh pushed the Indian bowlers. India made a comeback in the match when Axar Patel dismissed Marsh with a brilliant catch. Travis Head remained engaged at one end but found no support at the other end. Head was dismissed for 76 runs and Australia could only score 181 runs in 20 overs. Arshdeep Singh took the most 3 wickets from India.
India will face England in the semi-final on June 27.