New Delhi Indian captain Rohit Sharma set two records together against Bangladesh in the first T20 match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday.
After Virat Kohli was rested in this series, Rohit, who was captaining India in this series, broke former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s record of playing most T20 matches for India as he took the field. This was Rohit’s 99th match and he surpassed Dhoni’s 98 matches.
Although Rohit was dismissed on the last ball of the first over, but in his brief nine-run innings with the help of two fours off five balls, he overtook Virat and became the highest run-scorer for India in T20. .
Rohit now has 2452 runs in 99 matches while Virat has 2450 runs in 72 matches. The five players who played the most T20s for India are:
99 Rohit Sharma
98 Mahendra Singh Dhoni
78 Suresh Raina
72 Virat Kohli
58 Yuvraj Singh
