India skipper Rohit Sharma became the top run-scorer for his country in Twenty20 Internationals during a T20 World Cup 2024 Super Eight game against Australia in St. Lucia on Monday.
Rohit achieved the feat after going past Virat Kohli’s run-tally of 4,103 runs in the shortest format of the game. Kohli departed for a five-ball duck.
During his innings, the opener also went past Kohli’s 57 to score the highest score by an Indian captain in T20 World Cups.
Rohit also became leading run-scorer during in T20Is, going past Babar Azam’s 4145 runs.
He has played 150 innings in 157 matches in T20Is with the highest score 121 not out.