Team India took an unassailable 3-1 lead in the ongoing five-T20I series against West Indies, with a thumping 59-run victory in the fourth game in Florida on Saturday (August 6).

The fourth T20I also saw India skipper Rohit Sharma achieving a rare milestone and joining an elite list, featuring legends such as Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli among others.   

Opening the innings, Rohit slammed 33 off 16 balls to lead the foundation of India’s massive 191/5 in 20 overs. His knock was studded with 2 fours and 3 sixes.

With this impactful innings, the right-hander joined an exclusive list as he became the seventh Indian batter to aggregate 16,000 runs in international cricket across all formats. Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag and MS Dhoni are the only other Indian batters to have accomplished this feat.

Rohit Sharma now has 9,376 runs in ODIs, 3,487 in T20Is and 3,137 in Test matches to his name, taking his total international runs tally to exactly 16,000.

List of India batters to score 16,000 international runs:

Sachin Tendulkar- 34,357
Rahul Dravid- 24,064
Virat Kohli- 23,726
Sourav Ganguly- 18,433
MS Dhoni- 17,092
Virender Sehwag- 16,892
Rohit Sharma- 16,000

During the course of this knock, Rohit also surpassed Shahid Afridi as the batter with the second most number of sixes in international cricket across formats. Rohit now has 477 sixes to his name, leading the already retired Afridi by 1 maximum. Only Chris Gayle is ahead of Sharma with 553 sixes in international cricket.

Coming to the fourth T20I, India bundled out West Indies for a paltry 132 in 19.1 overs. It was a listless performance from the hosts as no one even managed to touch the 30-run mark. Captain Nicholas Pooran was the top scorer with 8-ball 24.

For the visitors, Arshdeep Singh (3-12), Avesh Khan (2-17), Ravi Bishnoi (2-27) and Akshar Patel (2-48) were among the wickets.