Rohit Sharma completes 9000 runs in T20 cricket, second Indian after Virat

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Rohit Sharma completed his 11 runs against England on Thursday, touching the figure of 9000 runs in T20 cricket. He is the second Indian.

Rohit Sharma 2nd Indian to cross 9000 runs after Virat Kohli in T20 Cricket:

As Team India’s star batsman Rohit Sharma completed his 11th run against England on Thursday, he touched his 9000 run mark in T20 career. Rohit, who achieved this feat, is the second batsman from India and the 9th overall batsman in the world. In India, ahead of him, the run machine captain is Virat Kohli, who has 9650 * runs before this match

Rohit made this achievement on his first 5 balls of the match as soon as he landed on the ground. Adil Rashid had come for England to throw the first over of the match. Star batsman Rohit started the Indian innings with a six off the first ball. After this, played the second ball dot and hit a four on the third, and after playing the fourth ball dot, he completed this feat by completing a run on the 5th ball of the over. However, he was dismissed by Joffra Archer after scoring 12 runs.

Rohit, one of the veteran batsmen of Modern Day cricket, achieved this feat in the 329th innings of his 342nd match. He has scored these 9000 runs by playing for a total of 6 teams, including the Indian team. At the forefront of this list is West Indies explosive batsman Chris Gayle, who has 13720 * runs. Out of these 9000 runs, he has scored 2800 * runs for Team India so far

Gayle is followed by Kieron Pollard (10629 *) from West Indies, Shoaib Malik (10488 *) from Pakistan, Brandon McCullum (9922) from New Zealand, David Warner (9824 *) from Australia, Aaron Finch (9718 *), Kohli. , AB de Villiers (9111 *) of South Africa is named.

Rohit’s most runs in T20 format have come from IPL. He has played a total of 200 matches in IPL and has 5230 * runs to his name. The 34-year-old Rohit has scored 6 centuries in this format so far, out of which 4 centuries have been named at the international level.

He has played for two teams so far in his 13-year IPL career. He started his IPL career with Deccan Chargers. Since then, he has remained with the Mumbai Indians continuously. Under his captaincy, he is the only captain to win the most 5 IPL titles to Mumbai. Apart from this, this star batsman has also played a lot for India A, Indians, and Mumbai in domestic cricket.

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