IND vs NZ: Rohit breaks 3 big World Record in the 2nd T20, becomes king of T20 cricket

In the 2nd T20 match between India and New Zealand which is being played at Auckland's Eden Park. In the packed stadium Indian captain Rohit Sharma, created not one, not two but three world records together.

In this match, New Zealand won the toss and batted first. Batting first, the host scored 158/8 in 20 overs. Chasing this target, Rohit Sharma achieved this 3 big milestones.

1. Most runs in T20 Internationals:

Rohit completed his half-century in 28 balls in the second T20 match and became the highest run scorer in international T-20 matches and became king of T20 cricket. However, after completing his half-century, he was dismissed on 50.

Most runs in international T20 matches

1. 2288 runs - Rohit Sharma
2. 2272 runs - Martin Guptill
3. 2263 - Shoaib Malik
4. 2167 runs - Virat Kohli
5. 2140 runs - Brendon McCullum

2. Rohit breaks Kohli's Big record:

Rohit Sharma broke a special record of Virat Kohli when he completed his half-century in this match. Rohit became the player with most 50+ runs in T20Is. Before this match, both Rohit and Virat scored 19 50+ runs.

Most 50+ in T20 Internationals: 20 - Rohit Sharma 19 - Virat Kohli 16 - Martin Guptill 15 - Chris Gayle/McCullum 14- Tillakaratne Dilshan

3. Most sixes in International T20:

Even if Rohit Sharma has become the highest run scorer in international T20 cricket, he is behind Chris Gayle and Martin Guptill in the case of most international T20 sixes. Rohit he is just two shots away but he did complete his century of sixes in T20 and become sixer king of India.

Most sixes in Internationalonal T20 matches

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1. 103 - Chris Gayle/Martin Guptill
2. 102 - Rohit Sharma
3. 91 - B McCullum
4. 87 - Colin Munro
5. 83 - Shane Watson