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Gros Islet, June 25 (HS). Indian captain Rohit Sharma has become the leading run-scorer in T20 International cricket, as well as equaling his counterpart Pakistani captain Babar Azam's record for most wins as captain in this format.
Rohit achieved this feat during the Super 8 match of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup against Australia. Rohit played a stormy innings of 92 runs in 41 balls with the help of 7 fours and 8 sixes in the match. In 157 matches, the veteran opener has scored 4,165 runs at an average of 32.03 and a strike rate of 140.75. Babar slipped to second place by scoring 4,145 runs in 123 matches at an average of 41.03. While Kohli slipped to third place by scoring 4,103 runs in 123 matches at an average of 48.84.
Apart from this, after defeating Australia by 24 runs in this match, Rohit achieved his 48th T20 International victory as captain. Babar has also registered 48 wins in 85 matches as Pakistan captain in the T20 International format.
Talking about the match, in this match, Australian captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and invited India to bat first. After Virat Kohli (00) was out early, Rohit Sharma (41 balls, 92 runs, 7 fours, 8 sixes) played a stormy innings, he got good support from Surya Kumar Yadav (16 balls 31 runs, 3 fours, 2 sixes), Shivam Dubey (22 balls, 28 runs, 2 fours, 1 six) and Hardik Pandya (17 balls 27 runs, 1 four, 2 sixes) and India scored a big score of 205 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs.
In reply, Australia lost David Warner (6) early, but after that Travis Head (76 runs from 43 balls, 9 fours, 4 sixes), Mitchell Marsh (28 balls, 37 runs, 3 fours, 2 sixes) and Glenn Maxwell (20 runs from 12 balls, 2 fours, 1 six) had increased India's problems at one time, but Kuldeep Yadav (2 wickets from 4 overs, 24 runs) and Arshdeep Singh (3 wickets from 4 overs, 37 runs) bowled brilliantly and turned the match in India's favour. Jasprit Bumrah and Axar Patel also played an important role in India's victory by taking 1-1 wickets. Australia could only score 181 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs and lost the match by 24 runs.