Rohit Sharma on Tuesday surpassed captain Virat Kohli to become India’s highest run-scorer in T20 Internationals during the second game against the West Indies at the newly-built Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.
Rohit, who is leading India in the ongoing three-match T20I series, needed just 11 runs to surpass Kohli’s record before the start of the match and the Mumbaikar achieved the feat in style, clobbering a 149kph delivery off pacer Oshane Thomas over the mid-off boundary in the fifth over.
Before this game, Kohli held the record, amassing 2101 runs from 62 matches at an average of 48.88.
Rohit took 86 matches to reach the milestone.
The India opener smashed a brilliant 111 not out from 61 balls to power India to a huge 195 for two in their 20 overs after they were put into bat. He registered his fourth century in T20 Internationals, the most by any batsman in this format.
Source: Rediff