Reflexes
- Rohit Sharma scored 64 runs in the first match
- Became the leading run scorer in T20Is
- India beat West Indies by 68 runs
Rohit Sharma world records: Indian captain Rohit Sharma’s bat roared once more. He scored a brilliant half-century in the first T20 match against the West Indies. It was the 27th half century of his T20 International career. Leading off the innings, Rohit played an inning of 64 runs on 44 balls. During this, he also hit seven fours and two sixes.
Hitman Sharma achieved three special achievements during his half-century entries. He also broke the world record held by Martin Guptill and Virat Kohli. Rohit completed his 3,400 races in T20I. He became the first batsman in the world to achieve this figure. Rohit had 3,379 runs before the game, but he touched the 3,400 mark as soon as he scored 21 runs.
ahead of Guptill
Speaking of Rohit’s record, he has now become the top run scorer in T20I. In this case, he left New Zealand starter Martin Guptill behind. Guptill has 3,399 runs while Virat Kohli, who is number three, has 3,308 runs.
Rohit defeats Virat
Rohit also broke a great Virat Kohli record. Rohit has now become the player to play 50 or more innings in this format the most times. Rohit has done this incredible 31 times so far. In this he has four centuries and 27 half centuries. While Virat Kohli has 30 half centuries and has now reached the second position.
Most races in T20I
Name | play | Run | average | 100s | 50’s |
rohit sharma | 129 | 3443 | 32.48 | 4 | 27 |
Martin Guptill | 116 | 3399 | 32.37 | two | twenty |
Virat Kohli | 99 | 3308 | 50.12 | 0 | 30 |
Paul Stirling | 107 | 2894 | 29.53 | 1 | twenty |
aaron finch | 92 | 2855 | 35.24 | two | 17 |
Speaking of the match, India scored 190 runs from 20 overs thanks to Rohit Sharma’s half-century and Dinesh Karthik’s 41-run strike. After this, thanks to the strength of the bowlers, India restricted the West Indies for 122 runs. With the win, India took a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.