Team India’s opener and skipper, Rohit Sharma, became the first player in the history of international cricket to hit 600 sixes. Rohit Sharma needed three maximums to reach the milestone. He played an exceptional knock of 52 runs in the opening match of the World Cup against Ireland on a challenging wicket that included 4 fours and 3 sixes.
Along with this, Rohit also went on to achieve a few more milestones, as he became the third batter in the history of T20 cricket to reach 4000 runs. Along with it, Rohit Sharma became the third batter to get 1000 runs in the T20 World Cup after Virat Kohli and Mahela Jaywardhane.
Most sixes in international cricket
600* Rohit Sharma (India)
553: Chris Gayle (West Indies)
476: Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)
398: Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)
Most runs in the T20 World Cup
1142 runs (26 innings): Virat Kohli (India)
1016 runs (31 innings): Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)
1015* runs (37 innings): Rohit Sharma (India)
965 runs (31 innings): Chris Gayle (West Indies)
Most runs in T20Is (men’s)
4038 runs: Virat Kohli (110 innings)
4026 runs: Rohit Sharma (144 innings)
4023 runs: Babar Azam (112 innings)
Speaking about the match team India started their world cup campaign against Ireland with a comprehensive victory by 8 wickets.
Team India will be facing arch rivals Pakistan in their next encounter which is scheduled on 9th June on the same Venue.