India captain Rohit Sharma has taken over as the highest run-getter in T20Is after going past New Zealand’s Martin Guptill in the ongoing first T20I match between West Indies and India at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad on July 29, 2022.
After being asked to bat first by Nicholas Pooran, who won the toss, Rohit Sharma led the charge from the front and hit 64 in 44 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes. During his amazing half-century, Sharma went past Guptill to become the highest run-getter in the T20I format. Rohit was on 20 when he hit his 2nd six of the day to go past Guptill.
Guptill had taken over the numero uno position just two days before in the series against Scotland, and had a chance to defend his position, but was rested from the second T20I.
Guptill is closely followed by former India captain Virat Kohli (3,308), Ireland's ODI skipper Paul Stirling (2,894), and Australian captain Aaron Finch, who is fifth on the list with 2,855 runs.
Not only did Rohit become the highest run-getter in the T20Is, he also eclipsed Kohli in the list of most 50-plus scores in men's T20Is. Kohli held the first position before notched up a fifty – his 31st 50-plus score in the 20-over format.
Most fifty-plus scores in Men's T20I:
31 - Rohit Sharma*
30 - Virat Kohli
27 - Babar Azam
23 - David Warner
22 - Martin Guptill
India managed 190/6, in the end, thanks to Dinesh Karthik’s 41* in 19 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes and Ashwin’s 13* and their 52* partnership in 25 balls
