Bengaluru: Team India's vice-captain Rohit Sharma, who is playing his 98th T20 international match at M. Chinnaswamy has levelled the record of most appearances in T20 Internationals by an Indian which is held by former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Sharma had played 97 T20I matches for India before stepping out on the field. With this appearance, Sharma equalled Dhoni's record of 98 appearances for India in the shortest format of the game.
Bengaluru: Team India's vice-captain Rohit Sharma, who is playing his 98th T20 international match at M. Chinnaswamy has levelled the record of most appearances in T20 Internationals by an Indian which is held by former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Sharma had played 97 T20I matches for India before stepping out on the field. With this appearance, Sharma equalled Dhoni's record of 98 appearances for India in the shortest format of the game.
Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni, Martin Guptill, T20 Internationals
Bengaluru: Team India's vice-captain Rohit Sharma, who is playing his 98th T20 international match at M. Chinnaswamy has levelled the record of most appearances in T20 Internationals by an Indian which was held by former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Both Rohit and Dhoni is playing for India since 2007. Left-hand batsman Suresh Raina is third in the list while India skipper Virat Kohli is fourth.
Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik is on the top of the list as he has played 111 T20I so far. His countrymate Shahid Afridi is on the second spot with 99 T20I.
Opening batsman Rohit who has scored has scored 2443 runs in 90 T20I innings at an average of 32.14, is also second-highest run-scorer in the shortest format of the game. The list is topped by India captain Virat Kohli.
New Zealand's Martin Guptill follows the Indian duo at the third position in the highest run-getters' list, with 2283 runs in 78 matches.
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