Rohit Sharma becomes first Indian to 500 T20 sixes: Stats
Mumbai Indians opener Rohit Sharma has added another feather to his already-illustrious hat as he became the first Indian to complete 500 T20 sixes. The dasher reached the feat with his third maximum against Chennai Super Kings in Match 29 of the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL). Notably, Rohit scored an unbeaten century (105* off 63 balls). He smoked 11 fours and five sixes.
500 sixes in the format
Rohit took 432 games to complete 500 maximums in T20 cricket (now 502). As per ESPNcricinfo, only Chris Gayle (1,056), Kieron Pollard (860), Andre Russell (678), and Colin Munro (548) are ahead of Rohit in terms of T20 sixes. Virat Kohli (383) trails the MI star among Indian batters. Overall, Rohit has completed 11, 417 T20 runs, striking at 134-plus (100s: 8, 50s: 74).
Decoding Rohit's T20 sixes
Rohit's tally of 190 sixes is the most for any batter in the T20Is. 272 of his maximums have come in the IPL. Only Gayle (357) has more sixes in the tournament. Meanwhile, Rohit now has 236 sixes in MI colors. Playing his 249th IPL match, Rohit has raced to 6,472 runs, averaging 30.01. The tally includes 42 fifties besides two tons.
5,500 runs in MI colors
During the course of his knock, Rohit also became the first batter to accomplish 5,500 runs in MI colors (now 5,575). He is playing his 213th game for the franchise. Meanwhile, Rohit has raced to 261 runs in IPL 2024 at a strike rate of 167.30. This was his maiden 50-plus score this season.
Rohit's efforts go in vain
CSK managed 206/4 as Ruturaj Gaikwad smoked 69 and added 90 runs alongside Shivam Dube, who made 66*. MI openers Rohit and Ishan Kishan added 70 runs before Matheesha Pathirana took two wickets in the same over. Rohit rebuilt the innings with a 50-run stand with Tilak Varma (31). Although centurion Rohit continued to bat well at one end, MI were restricted to 186/6.
