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Indian captain Rohit Sharma delivered a vintage performance in the high-stakes Super 8 match against Australia at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 on Monday. Sharma set the stage ablaze in St Lucia, making a formidable Australian bowling attack look ordinary. Facing top bowlers like Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, Rohit smashed eight sixes and seven fours to𝐆 amass 92 runs off just 41 balls, achieving a remarkable stri🍒ke rate of 224.39.
Record-breaking feats
In addition to his explosive innings, Rohit set tw🥀o new world records:
- First Player to Hit Over 200 Sixes in T20Is: Rohit became the first player in history to cross the 200-sixes mark in T20 Internationals.
- Most Sixes Against a Single Opponent in All International Cricket: He now holds the record for the most sixes hit against an opponent across all formats.
- Further, Rohit also reclaimed his position as the highest run-scorer in T20I cricket, amassing 4,165 runs, surpassing Babar Azam (4,145) and Virat Kohli (4,103).
Spectacular praise
Though he fell short of a century, Rohit’s extraordinary innings drew widespread acclaim. Both fans and fellow cricketers took to social media to express their admiration for the captain’s phenomenal performance.
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Here is how fans reacted:
Such a shame but take a bow Ro👏👏
Milestones♏ don’t matter anymore and thಞat’s the take away👌👌— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99)
Great innings by our one and only hitman !! deserved a 💯 . nonetheless puts india in a commanding pos🌄ition to set up a big score !!!
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12)
Form is temporary, class is permanent. Commendable knock by Hitman𒊎 🤩🏏
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R)
World Cup final pay bac🥀🌞k from .. Love watching him ..
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
BREAKING: Aussies💟 getting r🥃egally spanked by Rohit Sharma. Glorious to watch.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan)
What is Rohit Sharma’s greatest quality?Sure, ﷺthere is that ability to play the big shots effortlessly, but above all, what I really admire is his selflessness as top order batter & leader 🙏🙏🙏
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar)
What an innings that was, Rohit a true champion of big occasion♕s.
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket)
Rohit Sharma mindset this game
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
Rohit Sharma ⭕in revenge mo𒁃de today against Australia.
— EngiNerd. (@mainbhiengineer)
Rishabh Pant watching Rohit Sharma's batting
— Sagar (@sagarcasm)
Made the bowlers dance to 𝐑𝐨-Hit tunes! 🎵
What a knock, Hitman! 👏🏻💙
🎥:— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL)
What joy to see an innings like th🐠at from Rohit Sharma. He said he wants his team to play a certain kind of cricket and he has led by example.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
ROHIT SHARMA HAS THE 2ND HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORE BY AN INDIAN IN MEN'S T20I WORLD CUP HISTORY 🇮🇳
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Take a bow Ro꧙hit Sharma 🫡 What a tremendous knock 🔥👏
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
"𝐌𝐚𝐢 𝐘𝐮𝐯𝐢 𝐩𝐚𝐚 𝐤𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚🤩" – Rohit Sharma
Pasand aap dono ki same hai Rohit bhai 😉
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals)
Captain's knock from Rohit Sharma – was a joy to watch him in full flow
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA)
𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗔𝗖𝗞-𝗔𝗧�♊🌠�𝗔𝗖𝗞-𝗔��𝗧𝗔𝗖𝗞, 𝕆𝕚 𝕆𝕚 𝕆𝕚 |
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
Is this a dream? Don’t wake me up even if it is!
Rohit Sharma 👏👏👏— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
When as a 🌃teenager Rohit Sharma was effo🐷rtlessly tonking the ball deep in the stands of the Wankhede stadium, coach Vasu Paranjape said " have you observed even crows and pigeons have vanished".
— Makarand Waingankar (@wmakarand)
Rise up wherever you are for this knock. This is the best inning of this World Cup. It's worth more than any 100.
And most importantly, what a selfless inning.
Kudos 🔥😍👏— Ridhima Pathak (@PathakRidhima)
For every s꧋etback, there is always a ROaring comeback! 👏🏼🇮🇳
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL)
ﷺAaj se Australia ke bacche bolenge Rohit Sharma ke bat mei spring thi.
— Sand-d Singh (@Sand_In_Deed)
