Rohit Sharma on Saturday night broke MS Dhoni’s distinctive file as Mumbai Indians (MI) locked horns with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) within the ongoing version of the Indian Premier League in Chennai.
In the competition, Rohit overtook Chennai Super Kings skipper Dhoni to grow to be the Indian batsman with most variety of sixes within the profitable T20 league. The Mumbai opener now stands tall on the high with 217 sixes from 203 matches and 198 innings.
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Dhoni stands second within the record with 206 sixes from 206 matches and 183 innings. Meanwhile, Chris Gayle has to this point smashed essentially the most variety of sixes within the historical past of IPL. The Windies cricketer has 351 sixes below his identify from 134 matches and 133 innings.
AB de Villiers stand second within the all-time sixes record with 237 maximums below his identify from 171 matches and 158 inning.
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After profitable the toss and electing to bat first, Rohit together with wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock added 55 runs for the opening wicket earlier than he was dismissed on 32 from 25 balls by Vijay Shankar. During the course of his innings, the right-handed batsman smashed two gigantic sixes and the identical variety of fours.
“Very hard to predict, looks a good track but we will only get to know when the game progresses. Looks a bit slugglish though. We have made one change. We understand the conditions and it’s very important to back your skills,” the MI skipper stated after the toss.
