Rohit-Rinku pair set world record
Rohit Sharma-Rinku Singh Partnership: In the third T20 match against Afghanistan, Team India, batting first, scored 212 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. At one time the Indian team had lost 4 wickets for 22 runs but after that the explosive knock of captain Rohit Sharma and Rinku Singh took team India to a big result. In doing so, both players set a world record in their name.
This world record was registered in the name of the Rohit-Rinku couple
Rohit Sharma scored an unbeaten 121 runs off 69 balls in this game. He hit 11 fours and 8 sixes. At the same time, Rinku Singh played an unbeaten innings of 69 runs off 39 balls. Rinku hit two fours and six sixes. Both players also recorded an unbeaten 190 runs for the 5th wicket. This is the biggest 5th wicket partnership in T20I cricket. Previously, Nepal's Kushal Mall and Deependra Singh Airi added 145 runs for the 5th wicket in 2023.
Highest partnership for the 5th wicket in T20I
Rohit Sharma-Rinku Singh – 190* runs
Kushal Mall-Deependra Singh Airi – 145 runs
Mark Chapman-James Neesham – 121* runs
The first couple to achieve this for India
The pair of Rohit Sharma and Rinku Singh have become the highest partnership for any wicket in T20Is for India. Previously, this record was in the name of the couple Deepak Hooda and Sanju Samson. They had formed a partnership of 176 runs. At the same time, there was a 165-run partnership between Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul in 2017.
Highest partnership for any wicket for India in T20Is
190* Rohit Sharma-Rinku Singh, 2024
176 Deepak Hooda, Sanju Samson, 2022
165 Rohit Sharma – KL Rahul, 2017
165 Yashasvi Jaiswal-Shubhman Gill, 2023
Greatest innings for India in T20I
126* Shubman Gill, vs New Zealand, Ahmedabad, 2023
123* Ruturaj Gaikwad, vs Australia, Guwahati, 2023
122* Virat Kohli, vs. Afghanistan, Dubai 2022
121* Rohit Sharma, vs Afghanistan, Bengaluru 2024
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