India vs West Indies 2nd T20I Lucknow: Rohit Sharma Creates T20I Record, Overtakes Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina to Become Highest Run Scorer For India

India vs West Indies 2nd T20I Lucknow: Rohit Sharma surpasses Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina to become the leading run-getter for India in T20I cricket. He went past the regular India captain Virat Kohli during the second T20I at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.

India vs West Indies 2nd T20I Lucknow: Rohit Sharma surpasses Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni to become India’s leading run-getter in T20I cricket. He went past the regular India captain Virat Kohli during the second T20I at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. Rohit Sharma needed 11 runs ahead of the game and he got to that mark in the 3rd over of the game after Windies won the toss and asked India to bat first. Rohit has played 86* T20I games, whereas Kohli has played merely 62 games.

He also became the fourth in the list of all-time highest run-getters. Martin Guptill of New Zealand is at the top of the tree.

Hitman @ImRo45 now becomes the leading run scorer in T20Is for #TeamIndia 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/6MHyYM34JP

— BCCI (@BCCI) November 6, 2018

Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma was in blazing form in the recently-concluded ODI series where he became the first Indian to slam two 150+ scores in an ODI series. The Men in Blue already have a 1-0 lead in the ongoing 3T20I series going into the Lucknow game.

🙌🙌@ImRo45 sits atop on the list of most runs for India in T20Is. pic.twitter.com/2vLQEVTTfS

— BCCI (@BCCI) November 6, 2018

Meanwhile, Shikhar Dhawan also completed his 1000 runs in T20Is.

Innings to 1000 T20I runs for India:

27 V Kohli
40 Rohit Sharma
41 S Raina/ Yuvraj
42 S DHAWAN
58 MS Dhoni

At the time of filing the copy, India were 62/0 in eight overs.