This is the third article in the Best Performances of Rohit Sharma and this time we will be talking about his incredible performances in the T20I format of the game and as he is the most successful batter in history so we could easily make a Top 5. And Rohit Sharma is the only player till now to have got a best performances article in all 3 formats of the game which tells us that he is one of the best players in the world now. Rohit Sharma is also my favorite cricketer in the world and we will talk about his records in this format below.
Rohit Sharma has played 140 T20Is which will increase to 142 in the next week and he is one of the most capped international Players in this format. Rohit Sharma has scored the most 3694 runs as of writing this and he is the highest run scorer in this format but only by a little. He has made 28 Half centuries and 4 hundreds in this format. 4 hundreds is the most by a player in T20IS. I think the T20I World Cup will be his last assignment as a player in this format so he would want to win it. Want to bet on his innings in the T20I World Cup, Bet on Bindass Khelo , one of India’s most trusted sportsbooks.
Let’s look at his Top 5 Best Performances so far.
118 vs Sri Lanka (2017)
This is one of the most brutal innings by a player in this format and Rohit Sharma made this Score at Indore against Sri Lanka and he only faced 43 balls to make these runs and in this monster innings he smashed 12 fours and 10 huge sixes meaning a total of 108 runs out of 118 in boundaries. His strike rate was a mind boggling 274.42. He was in such form that had he not gotten out that match there was a good chance he would have made the first double century in this format as well. India won this match by a whopping 88 runs.
100* vs England (2018)
One of the best away T20I innings by any Indian batter happened in this match as Rohit Sharma made a brilliant hundred while chasing a big score of 199 and he absolutely dominated the good England bowling attack. He only took 56 balls to make this Hundred and he hit 11 fours and 5 sixes meaning a total of 74 runs in boundaries. India won this tricky match by 7 wickets and the legend of Rohit Sharma continued to grow In this format of the game.
111* vs West Indies (2018)
This is the Third century in this list and it came immediately after the hundred against England. This match was against West Indies and while batting first Rohit Sharma made an unbeaten 111* out of only 61 balls and he hit 8 fours and 7 sixes meaning a total of 74 runs in boundaries. His strike rate was a very good 181.97 and his innings allowed India to set up a big total and they won the match by 71 runs. Rohit Sharma was getting in the habit of scoring Hundreds everywhere.
83 vs Bangladesh (2016)
This was another incredible innings by Rohit Sharma and this is the 4th different opponent In this list which shows that he could score big runs against any opponent and at any time. In this match India were batting first and Rohit Sharma while opening the batting absolutely decimated the Bangladesh bowling attack as he only faced 55 balls for his 83 and he hit 7 fours and 3 sixes in this innings at a strike rate of 150.91. India won this match by 45 runs and it was mainly due to the brilliance of Rohit Sharma.
80 vs New Zealand (2017)
This is the 5th performance on this list and the 5th different opponent and this rarely happens that all the 5 best performances come against different opponents. In this match against New Zealand Rohit Sharma while batting first took 55 balls to make a beautiful 80 runs in which he hit 6 fours and 4 sixes meaning a total of 48 runs in boundaries. He had a good strike rate of 145.45 in this match and again he showed that he was the dependable batter In this team and India won this match by 53 runs. I am sure he will play some more amazing innings before his career ends and we will add a few to this list after he retires.
