Sports Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Rohit Raj
Updated Sun, 27 Feb 2022 06:40 PM IST
Summary
Rohit Sharma, the new captain of the Indian team, created history by entering the T20 match against Sri Lanka on Sunday (February 27). This is Rohit’s 125th international match in Dharamsala. He has become the player to play the most international T20 matches in the world.
Rohit Sharma and Shoaib Malik
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Rohit Sharma, the new captain of the Indian team, created history by entering the T20 match against Sri Lanka on Sunday (February 27). This is Rohit’s 125th international match in Dharamsala. He has become the player to play the most international T20 matches in the world. He has broken the record of Pakistan’s legendary player Shoaib Malik in this matter. Malik has 124 T20 matches to his name.
In the list of players who have played the most T20 matches, there are two Pakistanis in the top three. After Malik, his teammate Mohammad Hafeez is at the third place. Hafeez has represented Pakistan in 119 matches. He is followed by Eoin Morgan of England and Mahmudullah of Bangladesh. Morgan has played 115 matches and Mahmudullah has played 113 matches. Talking about Indians, former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s number comes after Rohit. Dhoni has played 98 matches.
Most T20 Playing Indians
player | match |
Rohit Sharma | 125 |
Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 98 |
Virat Kohli | 97 |
Suresh Raina | 78 |
Shikhar Dhawan | 68 |
Rohit Sharma lost the toss in the third match at Dharamsala. Sri Lanka decided to bat first. Rohit said before the match- We also wanted to bowl first. We want the challenge to get better as a team. Ishan Kishan is not playing in this match. He was not feeling well last night. Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Yuzvendra Chahal have been rested. It feels good to represent the country for the 125th time. I want to play for many more years.
The stars of Rohit, popularly known as Hitman, are at their heights these days. The last four months have been great for Rohit. After the departure of Virat Kohli, he was made the captain of the first T20. After this, after sacking Kohli, Rohit was also given the captaincy of ODIs. Virat had decided to step down from the Test captaincy after the defeat in the Test series in South Africa. Then Rohit was also made the captain of the Test.