West Indies vs India: Rohit Sharma overtakes Virat Kohli after 31st fifty-plus score in T20Is
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West Indies vs India: Rohit Sharma hit a 44-ball 64 during which he went past Virat Kohli on the list of batters with fifty-plus scores in international T20 cricket.
India captain Rohit Sharma was on a record-setting spree on Friday as he hit a solid 44-ball 64 against West Indies in the first T20I of a 5-match series at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad. Rohit set two major records in the shortest format of the game as he led India from the front in the series opener.
Rohit brought up his 27th T20I fifty on July 29 even as he did not get a lot of support from his teammates in new-look batting order for India. By getting to the landmark, Rohit overtook former captain Virat Kohli on the list of batters with the most 50-plus scores in international cricket.
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Rohit Sharma, who has 4 hundreds in T20I cricket, took his tally to 31 while Virat Kohli sits at the 2nd spot with 30 fifty-plus scores. Kohli, who has been rested for the ongoing T20I series in the West Indies, hasn't scored a hundred in the T20I format. Pakistan captain Babar Azam is at the 3rd spot with 27 fifty-plus scores, which includes a T20I hundred.
Rohit Sharma (India) - 31 in 125 matches
Virat Kohli (India) - 30 in 99 matches
Babar Azam (Pakistan) - 27 in 74 matches
