England vs India: Rohit Sharma Surpasses Virat Kohli For This T20I Milestone

08.07.2022 - 09:13 sports.ndtv.com

India skipper Rohit Sharma on Thursday made and broke several records with the team's 50-run win over England in the first T20I of the three-match series at The Rose Bowl in Southampton.

While the match on Thursday night saw Rohit becoming the first captain to record 13 successive wins in T20Is as a skipper, the game also saw him surpassing Virat Kohli for a huge milestone.

Rohit became the fastest Indian player to reach the landmark of 1,000 T20I runs as a captain. Leading India against England, Rohit needed 13 runs to achieve the feat and he scored 24 runs off 14 balls in the game.

Rohit reached the milestone in his 29th T20I innings as captain, while Kohli had achieved the same feat in 30 innings. Overall, Babar Azam is the quickest to reach 1,000 T20I runs as a skipper by reaching the landmark in just 26 innings.

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New Zealand opening batter Martin Guptill on Wednesday became the highest run-getter in men's T20Is as he played a knock of 40 runs in the first T20I against Scotland. During the course of this innings, Guptill surpassed India skipper Rohit Sharma, who has 3379 runs, to achieve this big milestone in the shortest format of the game. The right-handed Guptill now has 3,399 runs in T20Is, 20 runs more than Sharma.

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Rohit Sharma backed Virat Kohli, who is currently struggling with bad form, saying he is such a great batsman and does not need reassurance. "He (Kohli) has played so many matches. He is playing for so many years. He is such a great batsman, so he does not need reassurance," Rohit said in a post-match press conference. Having sat out the first ODI on Tuesday due to a groin strain, Kohli took a sort of batting fitness test on the morning of the seond ODI on Thursday, before giving a firm nod to India coach Rahul Dravid about him being ready.