When the next edition of the ICC tournament begins in the UAE and Oman in a few days, Team India opener and limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma will play in his seventh T20 World Cup. The 34-year-old has appeared in every T20 World Cup to date, having made his debut as a 20-year-old in the inaugural event in 2007.
So far, Rohit Sharma has appeared in 28 T20 World Cup matches, accumulating 673 runs at an average of 39.58, with a top performance of 79 not out. He is India’s second-highest run-scorer in the competition after only captain Virat Kohli (777 runs in 16 matches at an average of 86.33).
Rohit Sharma has played 111 T20I matches in total, scoring 2864 runs at an average of 32.54 and a strike rate of 138.96. He also holds the record for the most T20I tons, with four.
Rohit Sharma played six matches for Mumbai Indians (MI) in the UAE leg of the IPL 2021. He had a dismal game, scoring only 131 runs in total. The right-hander batsman started with 33 off 30 against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), but MI lost by seven wickets.
However, Rohit Sharma, on the other hand, scored 43 runs off 28 balls against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the second half of the IPL 2021. (RCB). Despite Harshal Patel’s hat-trick, MI was defeated by 54 runs while chasing 166. As a result, Rohit Sharma’s final four IPL 2021 games scores of 8, 7, 22, and 18 were unsatisfactory.
Rohit Sharma
Therefore, Rohit Sharma had a fantastic run in the New Zealand series before it. In the third T20I, which finished in a stalemate, he scored 65 off 40 balls. In the Super Over, he blasted two consecutive sixes to help India win the five-match series. Rohit Sharma finished the series with 60 off 41 balls after being rested for the fourth T20I. (retired hurt).
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