Indian captain and former Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma scripted historical past within the shortest format as he turned the first Indian cricketer to hit 500 T20 sixes within the most-awaited conflict of IPL 2024 in opposition to the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Sunday, April 14 on the Wankhede Stadium. Rohit with a six off Ravindra Jadeja within the eleventh over having smashed his forty third fifty within the IPL achieved the milestone as he turned the fifth batter to accomplish that and first Indian. On the identical day, KL Rahul reached 300 sixes within the format within the earlier sport between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).
Most sixes in T20 cricketÂ
1056 – Chris Gayle (455 innings)
860 – Kieron Pollard (586 innings)
678 – Andre Russell (420 innings)
548 – Colin Munro (409 innings)
501* – Rohit Sharma (419 innings)
Most sixes by Indian gamers in T20 cricketÂ
502* – Rohit Sharma (419 innings)
383 – Virat Kohli (365 innings)
328 – MS Dhoni (334 innings)
325 – Suresh Raina (319 innings)
300 – KL Rahul (205 innings)
Rohit additionally turned the main run-getter within the MI vs CSK fixture as he surpassed Suresh Raina after scoring simply 5 runs. MS Dhoni equalled Rohit earlier after scoring 20 runs however the opening batter with an unbeaten century, left everybody miles behind. Both groups have locked horns fairly a couple of instances within the IPL in addition to the now-defunct Champions League T20 and now that each are five-time champions, the rivalry has solely gotten fearsome over time.
Most runs in MI vs CSK matches (IPL and CLT20)
837Â – Rohit Sharma (MI) in 29 innings
736 – Suresh Raina (CSK) in 32 innings
732 – MS Dhoni (CSK) in 33 inningsÂ
664 – Ambati Rayudu (MI, CSK) in 33 inningsÂ
636 – Kieron Pollard (MI) in 25 innings
Despite Rohit’s century, the Mumbai Indians failed to chase down 207 runs as Matheesha Pathirana’s figures of 4/28 proved to be the distinction between the 2 groups as he stored pegging the house staff again with common wickets and no different batter was ready to help the previous skipper throughout the run-chase. Chennai Super Kings registered their fourth win of the event and maintained their third place on the desk.
