Australia vs India 2018: Rohit Sharma on Brink of Breaking Three Major Records in T20Is
Nov 30, 2018 at 12:58 PM
Of late, breaking the records have become a regularity for team India batsmen. Almost in every knock, they are bettering something or the other record in the international cricket. Meanwhile, the ace batsman Rohit Sharma is on the verge of breaking three grand records for team India in the upcoming T20I series of Australia vs India 2018.
Meanwhile, the opening batsman is in a blistering form in the white-ball format, and hopefully, he continues to do the same in Australia series as well. To make an eye on the positive aspect, Rohit Sharma has always been at his best against Australians.
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Here are they:
3. Most T20I runs in a calendar year:
Yes, you read it right. Though India played limited T20I games in the ongoing year, Rohit is on the verge of breaking leading T20I run-scorer in a calendar year. Though Rohit Sharma had a poor year in Test format, he had gone berserk in the limited-overs cricket.
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As of now, the stylish batsman has amassed 556 runs in 15 innings at an incredible strike rate of 150.27. He needs just 85 runs to overtake Kohli’s record of scoring most T20I runs in a calendar year.
With three games remaining in the year, hopefully, the form of Sharma would help him to achieve the feat.
2. Set to Become First Indian to hit 100 T20I sixes:
In a show named ‘Breakfast With Champions’, Virat Kohli had said Rohit Sharma has one and a half seconds extra than any other batsman while knocking the ball. Perhaps, this record would certainly prove that Virat Kohli is right.
Maybe, there would be no batsmen in the cricketing world, who can make scoring sixes look as easy as Rohit Sharma. He has been blessed with some scintillating strokes, which he made the perfect use of it.
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Coming to the topic, Rohit Sharma has smashed 96 sixes so far in his 80-match career. It is the most for any Indian batsman, and hopefully, he will reach the 100-mark in the upcoming series. In the all-time leading list, he is placed second, as Guptill and Gayle shares first place with 103 sixes to their name.
1. May surpass Guptill to become all-time leading run-scorer:
Surprised? But yes, Rohit Sharma is on the verge of becoming the leading run-scorer in the T20I format of the game. Trusting his form, the fans can hope Rohit Sharma to cross the barrier in upcoming three games against Australia.
Rohit Sharma, who recently became the only player to score four centuries in the T20I format came pretty close to Martin Guptill in all-time leading run-scorer list in T20Is.
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With 2,203 runs, he is right next to Kiwis star player, who scored 2,271 runs. So, Rohit Sharma requires 68 runs to achieve the blistering feat.