Indian captain Rohit Sharma on Sunday added another jewel to his shining crown as he became the first men's player to play 150 T20Is. Rohit achieved the feat during the second T20I match against Afghanistan at the Holkar Cricket Stadium. Rohit returned to the Indian T20I lineup for the first time since the end of the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. He led his side to a six-wicket win over Afghanistan in the first T20I in Mohali.
Rohit Sharma makes his 150th appearance in T20Is
He becomes the first men's player to reach the milestone #INDvAFG pic.twitter.com/ZkLs9mQswI
— ICC (@ICC) January 14, 2024
During the match, Rohit set a mark by becoming the first player to win 100 T20Is. In terms of performances in the shortest format of the game, the Indian opener is followed by Ireland's Paul Stirling.
Stirling has played 134 games in his career. His Irish colleague, George Dockrell, is third on the list, having played 128 games.
Rohit is one of the top scorers in T20Is. He scored 3853 runs in 149 matches, with a strike rate of around 140. He also scored four hundred runs in T20Is, tying Glenn Maxwell and Suryakumar Yadav for the most.
In the ongoing match against Afghanistan, Rohit won the toss and chose to bowl first against Afghanistan in the second T20I of a three-match series.
In the series opener, India recorded a six-wicket win over Afghanistan. Star Indian batsman Virat Kohli returned to the Indian XI for the second T20I in Indore after missing the opening match of the series due to personal reasons.
India (playing XI): Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma (w), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh and Mukesh Kumar.
Afghanistan (playing
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