India vs Australia: Rohit Sharma joins Martin Guptill to equal elite T20I record

Rohit Sharma scored just 11 runs in the game from 9 deliveries, as he got out in the third over of the innings off a Josh Hazlewood delivery. Even though his stay at the crease was unexpectedly relatively short, he did manage to equal a monumental record in the shortest format of the game.
Rohit Sharma sixes

Rohit Sharma hit one six in his short innings in first T20I vs AUstralia

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KEY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Rohit Sharma scored just 11 runs in the first T2oI vs Australia.
  • He scored one six in this brief innings.
  • He has now equalled Martin Guptill's record of most sixes in T20Is.
India are taking on Australia in the first T20I of the three-match series in preparation for the T20 World Cup Down Under next month. Fans will be eagerly looking forward to the performances of India captain and star opening batsman Rohit Sharma.
However, he did not have a great start to the series. He scored just 11 runs in the game from 9 deliveries, as he got out in the third over of the innings off a Josh Hazlewood delivery. Even though his stay at the crease was unexpectedly relatively short, he did manage to equal a monumental record in the shortest format of the game.
Rohit Sharma managed to hit one six in his brief innings, thus taking his tally of sixes in T20Is to 172. He thus equals veteran New Zealand batter Martin Guptill as the player with the most sixes in T20Is. In this elite list Rohit Sharma and Martin Guptill are followed by West Indies legend Chris Gayle (124), former England captain Eoin Morgan (120) and current Aussie skipper Aaron Finch (117).
Here are the players with most sixes in T2oIs:
Martin Guptill (New Zealand)- 172 in 121 matches
Rohit Sharma (India) - 172 in 136 matches
Chris Gayle (West Indies) - 124 in 79 matches
Eoin Morgan (England/Ireland)- 120 from 115 matches
Aaron Finch (Australia)- 117 from 92 matches
In fact, after Rohit Sharma the next Indian in this list is Virat Kohli who has only 104 maximums, 68 sixes behind that tally of the Indian captain.
In fact, apart from this Rohit Sharma also holds a number of other records in the shortest format of the game. He has played the most number of T20Is (137) and scored the most number of runs (3,631). He also holds the record for the most number of T20I centuries by any player (4), and is the batsman with the most 50+ scores in T20Is (31) alongside Virat Kohli.
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