Top 4 Records Made by Rohit Sharma At His Last 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup

Explore exciting details about the top four records made by Rohit Sharma in his last 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

The captain of the Indian cricket team, Rohit Sharma, dominated the entire 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament with his stellar innings and path-breaking captaincy. Rohit Sharma led the Indian cricket team to a much-awaited victory after seventeen long years without even a single defeat against any team in the whole tournament.

India played a total of nine matches in the entire 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament and clinched eight out of them and the remaining one was washed out due to excessive rain and harsh weather conditions. Rohit Sharma’s “Men in Blue” squad defeated South Africa and lifted the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup for the second time after the inaugural 2007 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament.

Although soon after lifting the trophy, the skipper of the Indian cricket team, Rohit Sharma, announced his shocking decision to retire from the T20 internationals alongside Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja, the vogue behind India’s marvellous triumph at the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup ended the draught of seventeen long years and still continues to echo throughout the world.

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In addition to driving the Indian side to an exhilarating victory, Rohit Sharma also established numerous records in the T20 internationals while playing his last tournament for the country.

In this article we will take a look at the top four records established by Rohit Sharma during the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

Top 4 Records Made by Rohit Sharma At His Last 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup

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  • First Captain To Win a T20 World Cup Tournament Without Any Defeat

Rohit Sharma successfully led the Indian cricket team to an undefeated victory at the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. The Indian cricket team played a total of nine matches in the entire tournament and won eight out of them against arch rivals Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, England, Australia and Ireland.

Although India’s final-stage game against Canada was washed out due to rain, the men in blue continued their winning streak at the finals of the tournament, defeating South Africa and lifting the most coveted trophy.

The Indian cricket team has successfully reserved its place as the only cricket team in the world to clinch the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup without losing even a single game and the skipper, Rohit Sharma, now also has a feather in his cap for being the only captain to drive his team to the World Cup victory unbeaten.

  • Rohit Sharma’s 600 Sixes in International Cricket

Rohit Sharma has witnessed an incredibly inspiring international cricketing career and the most recent 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup served as a major reminder of Hitman’s ever-transitioning legacy. During India’s campaign opener against Ireland, Rohit Sharma smashed a stellar innings of 52* runs off 37 deliveries which consisted of three sixes.

With his ground-breaking performance against Ireland and other arch rivals in the entire 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, Rohit Sharma became the first ever cricketer in the world to smash a total of 600 sixes in international cricket. Although the skipper of the Indian cricket team, Rohit Sharma, has announced his retirement from the format, the legacy that he leaves behind will continue to be echoed in the annals of cricket for decades to come.

  • First Captain to Win Half-a-Ton of T20I matches

Hitman of Indian cricket kick-started his T20I journey with the innaugarl 2007 ICC men’s t20 World Cup tournament and hasn’t looked back ever since. With a sensational victory over South Africa in the finals of the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, Rohit Sharma is currently the only captain to ever win a total of fifty T20I matches, eight out of which followed in the most recent 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

Additionally, a total of forty-nine out of these fifty stellar victories have been outright whereas the remaining one came through in a super over against Afghanistan in January 2024. Although Rohit Sharma has decided to walk away from the T20 internationals format, he has been incredibly successful in creating a benchmark and a legacy for generations to come.

According to critics, the only cricketer in the current cricketing scenario who is anticipated to surpass Rohit Sharma’s record is Pakistan’s Babar Azam who is currently hovering at forty-eight T20I victories.

  • Highest Number of Sixes Against Australia in the T20I

Rohit Sharma undoubtedly proved to be a nightmare for the Aussies with his daunting innings at the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament. Rohit Sharma continued his streak of stellar innings and smashed a total of eight brilliant match-winning sixes against Australia in the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament, surpassing Chris Gayle’s “130” record for the highest number of sixes against one specific team in the T20I format.

All along his flourishing T20I career, Rohit Sharma has played against Australia from the Indian side in a total of 80 matches and has smashed a total of 132 sixes, solidifying his place as a cricketer with the highest number of sixes against one team in the T20 internationals. Earlier, the record was held by Chris Gayle for smashing a total of 130 sixes against England in the T20 international format.

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