Team India captain Rohit Sharma is achieving big achievements one after another in his career. On Thursday, in the second semi-final match of the T20 World Cup against England, Rohit batted brilliantly and scored a half-century. The captain hit 6 fours and 2 sixes in 39 balls and scored 57 runs at a strike rate of 146.15. With this, the Sixer King made two big records in his name.
That is why it is called the Sixer King.
Rohit Sharma has become the only Indian player to hit 50 sixes in the T20 World Cup. He is now only behind the record of Chris Gayle. Who has hit 63 sixes in the World Cup. Rohit is the second player to hit 50 sixes. With this, he proved why he is called the real Sixer King. England's Jos Buttler is in third place in this case. Who has hit 43 sixes.
Jayawardene's record broken
With this, Rohit has broken a big record of Sri Lankan legend Jayawardene. The special thing is that the record of hitting the most fours in the T20 World Cup is in the name of Mahela Jayawardene. He made a world record by hitting 111 fours. Rohit broke this big record by hitting 113 fours. With this, Rohit Sharma completed 5000 runs as captain.
Team India scored 172 runs
With the help of Rohit's brilliant innings, Team India scored 172 runs in this important match. Team India's batsmen proved to be effective on the difficult pitch. Apart from Rohit, Suryakumar Yadav scored 47 runs, Hardik Pandya scored 23 runs, Ravindra Jadeja scored 17 runs and Akshar Patel scored 10 runs to take the Indian team to a big score.