Indian skipper Rohit Sharma turned the first male cricketer in historical past to play 150 T20I matches as he walked out for the toss within the second sport of the three-match sequence in opposition to Afghanistan in Indore on Sunday, January 14. Rohit, who has been taking part in the shortest format since 2007 is the first cricketer to function in 150 males’s T20Is and total fifth with 4 girls gamers having achieved the milestone already. Rohit gained the toss in his milestone match and invited Afghanistan to bat first.
Rohit hadn’t performed a T20I for the reason that T20 World Cup 2022 and it appeared just like the group had moved on from the seniors solely to see each him and Virat Kohli return for the three-match T20 sequence. Rohit had featured in 148 matches earlier than the sequence and reached the 150 mark on Sunday. Before Rohit, in girls’s cricket Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur (161), Suzie Bates (152), Danni Wyatt (151) and Alyssa Healy (150) have performed 150-plus matches.
Most matches performed in T20Is
161 – Harmanpreet Kaur (India, 2009-2024)
152 – Suzie Bates (New Zealand, 2007-2023)
151 – Danni Wyatt (England, 2010-2023)
150 – Alyssa Healy (Australia, 2010-2024)
150 – Rohit Sharma (India, 2007-2024)*
Most matches performed in T20Is (males)
150 – Rohit Sharma (India, 2007-2024)*
134 – Paul Stirling (Ireland, 2009-2023)
128 – George Dockrell (Ireland, 2010-2023)
124 – Shoaib Malik (Pakistan, 2006-2021)
122 – Martin Guptill (New Zealand, 2009-2022)
As far because the match is anxious, skipper Rohit Sharma prompt that he selected to bowl first retaining in thoughts the small boundaries in Indore and the choice got here to be good because the Men in Blue had half of the Afghanistan aspect again within the hut in simply 15 overs regardless of a quickfire half-century by Gulbadin Naib.
India’s taking part in XI: Rohit Sharma(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma(w), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar
