T20 World Cup 2022: There has been a lot of change in Team India under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. India’s approach to playing the game has changed. Rohit will be expected to perform at his best during the upcoming T20 World Cup 2022. The Indian team’s first match is against Pakistan on 23 October. In the World Cup, players have a chance to make records and reach the top of the rankings. Rohit Sharma will lead the Men in Blue in the T20 World Cup for the first time. Sharma is on the verge of breaking some new records and creating new ones. Let us know on those four records that Rohit Sharma can break during the tournament.
1. Highest Individual Score as Captain
Chris Gayle, leading his team in 2010, played an innings of 98 runs against the Indian team. So far no captain has managed to break this record. Rohit Sharma is a strong contender to break this record.
2. Most Runs in T20 World Cup
Sri Lankan legend Mahela Jayawardene tops the list. Jayawardene has scored 1016 runs. He is followed by Chris Gayle with 965 and Tillakaratne Dilshan with 897 runs. Rohit Sharma is at the fourth position with 874 runs. Virat Kohli is in this race. Kohli has 845 runs. Still, opener Rohit Sharma has a good chance of breaking the record.
3. Most matches played in T20 World Cup
Rohit Sharma is all set to break the record of playing most matches in the T20 World Cup. He has played 33 matches so far. In this list, Sharma is ahead of Tillakaratne Dilshan (35), Dwayne Bravo (34), Shahid Afridi (34), Shoaib Malik (34), MS Dhoni (33), Chris Gayle (33) and Mushfiqur Rahim (33). Thus Rohit Sharma needs to play just two matches to match Dilshan’s record.
4. Highest Individual Score
Former New Zealand cricketer Brendon McCullum holds the record for the highest individual score in the T20 World Cup. The Black Caps player scored 123 runs against Bangladesh in the 2012 World Cup. Rohit Sharma’s personal best score in the T20 World Cup was against Australia in 2010. He played an innings of 79 not out. Being one of the most experienced players in the tournament, Sharma would like to seize every opportunity in front of him. Looking at Rohit’s ability, McCullum’s record can be broken.