Team India On Friday, they registered an emphatic 7-wicket win over New Zealand and registered their fifth consecutive series win over the Kiwis at home. The Rohit Sharma-Rahul Dravid partnership in T20Is started on a positive note for India as they played prime cricket to topple the opposition in the first two matches. The hosts are missing several senior players in the squad as Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja have been rested due to workload management. However, the young players have contributed well to India’s victory in their absence.
On Friday, Rohit laid the foundation for India’s victory by scoring 55 runs and with the knock, he also managed to achieve some milestones. The flamboyant opener equaled Virat Kohli’s highest 50-plus score in T20Is – 29. Rohit has scored 25 fifties and 4 centuries in the shortest format of the game which makes him one of the best in the business.
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Highest 50+ scores in T20Is:
29 Virat Kohli (29 fifties)
29 Rohit Sharma (25 fifties, 4 centuries)
25 Babar Azam (24 fifties, 1 century)
22 David Warner (21 fifties, 1 century)
Rohit shared a 117-run partnership for the first wicket with KL Rahul to chase down the target of 154 for India. The century partnership helped him enter another record book. The flamboyant opener has surpassed New Zealand’s Martin Guptill and Pakistan captain Babar Azam in most 100+ partnerships in T20Is. Rohit has now featured in 13 century-plus stands in T20Is. While Guptill and Babar are second with 12.
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Players involved in most 100+ partnerships in T20Is:
13
12 Babar Azam/Martin Guptill
11 David Warner
The Rohit-Rahul duo has been doing wonders for India over the past year with their dominating partnership at the top of the order. The 117-run stand on Friday helped them equalize Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam for the most number of centuries in T20I-5 partnership. While Rohit is second on the list with 4 100+ partnerships with Shikhar Dhawan.
Most century partnerships in T20Is
5 Babar – Rizwan (22 innings)
5 Rohit – Rahul (27)
4 Guptill – Williamson (30)
4 Rohit – Dhawan (52)
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