Rohit Sharma: During the Super 12 encounter against the Netherlands in Sydney on Thursday, India skipper Rohit Sharma surpassed Yuvraj Singh’s record for the most sixes hit by an Indian batter in the history of the ICC T20 World Cup. Rohit raised his total of sixes in the T20 World Cup to 34 with the third six of his inning against the Netherlands. Yuvraj holds the record for hitting 33 sixes in T20 World Cup.
India had a rough beginning after choosing to bat first. The second over saw KL Rahul, the vice-captain of India, get out, but Rohit and Virat Kohli worked together to make sure they didn’t lose any more wickets during the powerplay. Rohit made his intentions known by pulling Dutch right-arm bowler van Meekeren for a six over square leg in the same over that India lost Rahul.
In the tenth over, Rohit scored his third six of the game and surpassed Yuvraj’s record with another of his signature pull shots over square-leg off Bas de Leede. In the 12th over, Klaasen removed the Indian skipper just as he appeared poised to hit a huge one. Another huge shot was tried by Rohit, but he mistimed it and was dismissed for 53 runs off 39 balls at deep midwicket. Watch Rohit’s pull shot here:
Coming to the match, India scored 179 in 20 overs. Virat Kohli scored 62 off 43balls while Suryakumar Yadav too made a quick-firey 51 off 25 balls.
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