RCB vs MI IPL 2023: Rohit Sharma registers special 200; joins elite list featuring MS Dhoni

RCB vs MI: Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma added a special feather to T20 captaincy when he took the sector in his group’s first sport of IPL 2023. Sharma’s Mumbai face Faf du Plessis Royal Challengers Bangalore of their event opener on the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. The fashionable opening batter has already led his IPL franchise to a file 5 IPL titles.

Meanwhile, Sharma registered a special 200 within the match towards RCB. Rohit Sharma turned the third participant within the historical past of the T20 format to captain in 200 matches. He joins an elite list that options solely two players- MS Dhoni and Daren Sammy. Dhoni has led 5 groups, together with CSK and India in T20s, whereas Sammy has captained in 208 matches. Sharma has led solely two teams- India and Mumbai Indians within the T20 format.

Most matches as captain in T20s:

MS Dhoni- 307 matches

Daren Sammy- 208 matches

Rohit Sharma- 200 matches

Virat Kohli– 190 matches

Gautam Gambhir- 170 matches

Notably, within the list of most wins as T20 captain, Sharma is on the second place, behind Dhoni. Sharma has received 122 T20 video games, whereas Dhoni has received 179 video games. Rohit Sharma has led Mumbai Indians to 5 IPL titles since 2013. He was given the captaincy hat mid-season in 2013 and led them to the maiden IPL title. Sharma then made his group victorious in 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2020. Rohit is the third-leading run-scorer in IPL. He has scored 5880 runs within the event and is barely behind Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan. Both Virat Kohli and Dhawan have over 6000 runs within the Indian cash-rich league. Mumbai completed on the backside of the desk final season with 4 wins in 14 video games. 

MI’s Playing XI:

Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Cameron Green, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Jofra Archer, Arshad Khan

RCB’s Playing XI:

Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj

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