Rohit Sharma’s T20I career: Stats, Records, Wins and More

Rohit Sharma became the only second Indian captain after MS Dhoni to guide the side to the T20 World Cup win. In the final, Men in Blue defeated South Africa by a margin of seven runs to end their 13-year-old World Cup drought. However, amidst the celebrations, Sharma dropped a shock-bomb on the entire nation by announcing his retirement from the T20I format. The veteran batter followed the footsteps of his teammate Virat Kohli as the two bid adieu to the format. Sharma helped India add one more ICC trophy to their cabinet and bowed out of the format with the most T20I runs. Rohit Sharma T20I Career StatsPlayed over 150 T20I matches Rohit debuted in the T20I format during the T20 World Cup 2007 as the youngest member of the team. In his 16 year and 282-day-long T20I career, which is the longest for an Indian player and fourth-longest overall, Rohit so far remains the only player with over 150 appearances (159). Following him is Ireland’s Paul Stirling with 145 appearances in the shortest format. #PAGE_BREAK# Most runs in T20I cricket The 2024 T20 World Cup winning captain is the highest run-scorer in T20I cricket. Sharma is only one of three batters, along with Virat Kohli and Babar Azam, to have scored more than 4000 runs. Hitman, as he is fondly called, ended his T20I career with 4,231 runs in 151 innings, averaging at 32.05, with a strike rate of 140.89. He scored five centuries and 32 half-centuries. #PAGE_BREAK# Joint-fastest T20I century Rohit Sharma played the game where India registered a record-breaking win over Sri Lanka in 2017. During the match, the 37-year-old scored a blistering 43-ball 118 to help India put up a score of 260 for the loss of five wickets, which still remains India’s highest total in the format. The Indian batter pulled off a half-century in 23 deliveries and later came up with a hundred in next 12 balls. Rohit Sharma’s 35-ball century is the joint-fastest in T20I along with David Miller. #PAGE_BREAK# 200-plus T20I maximums In the 2024’s victorious T20 World Cup campaign, Rohit Sharma became the first-ever batter to smash 200 sixes in the shortest-format. He achieved the feat during the Super 8 clash against Australia, and finished with 205 sixes. Apart from him, only one batter has recorded more than 150 sixes in the format, New Zealand’s Martin Guptill with 173. #PAGE_BREAK# First-ever captain to win 50 T20Is With India winning their second T20 World Cup, Rohit Sharma became the first-ever captain to lead a side to 50 T20I wins, with the finale being the 50th triumph. Behind him is Pakistan’s Babar Azam with 48 wins from 85 games. Sharma has 50 wins from 62 matches, one of which includes a Super Over win against Afghanistan.