IPL 2021: Rohit Sharma Surpasses MS Dhoni In 'Six-Hitting' Record, Completes 4000 Runs In T20 Cricket As Captain
Five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma performed superbly well, both as an opener and captain in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday. The star opener played a quick innings of 32 runs and during this time, he also made some big records. (Photo Courtesy: @JituRo45)
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View In AppMI opener Rohit Sharma surpassed veterans like Mahendra Singh Dhoni and David Warner. The big record attained by Rohit is for the most sixes hit by Indian player in IPL and completing 4000 runs in T20 cricket as captain. (Photo Courtesy: PTI)
Rohit Sharma has become the Indian player to hit most sixes in IPL. He surpassed Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni in this elite list. In the MI vs SRH match, Rohit also completed his 4 thousand runs as a captain in T20 cricket. (Photo Courtesy: PTI)
Before this match, Rohit Sharma had hit 215 sixes. Dhoni has so far hit 216 sixes in IPL history. Rohit has now reached number three in the overall list of most sixes hit by any batsman in IPL. Punjab Kings' Chris Gayle (351) currently holds the record for hitting most sixes in the IPL. AB de Villiers has hit 237 sixes. RCB skipper Virat Kohli is at number five in this list with 201 sixes. (Photo Courtesy: PTI)
Rohit Sharma (4004 runs) is at number four among the batsmen who have scored the most runs as captain in T20 cricket. RCB legend Virat Kohli, who has scored 6044 T20 runs as captain so far, tops this list. Apart from Virat and Rohit, Dhoni (5872 runs) and Gautam Gambhir (4272 runs) are the other two Indian batsmen who have scored more than 4000 runs in T20 cricket as captain. (Photo Courtesy: @AyushTiwari45_ / Twitter)