India T20I captain Rohit Sharma played a brilliant innings of 55 off just 36 balls in the second T20I to take India home with more than a over to spare in Ranchi.
With that win India, sealed the T20I series, with only one game to left, which will be played in Kolkata.
Rohit's match-winning knock not only helped India register a win but also achieve many personal milestones.
Here are the three records Hitman broke:
At par with Virat Kohli:
Rohit Sharma now has the joint-most 50+ scores in T20Is. Thanks to his 55-run knock, Rohit now has 29 scores of 50+ runs in T20Is. Kohli too have an equal number of fifty-plus scores in the shortest format of the game. Not to forget, Rohit's has converted four of these 50+ scores into tons. Kohli has none.
Most 50+ scores in T20Is:
29 Virat Kohli
29 Rohit Sharma
25 Babar Azam
22 David Warner
WHAT. A. WIN! _ _#TeamIndia secure a 7_-wicket victory in the 2nd T20I against New Zealand & take an unassailable lead in the series. _ _ #INDvNZ @Paytm
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— BCCI (@BCCI) November 19, 2021
Surpassing Babar Azam and Martin Guptill:
Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul put on another 100-run opening stand for India in T20Is. That partnership has added another record in Rohit's feather. That 100-run partnership is the 13th time Rohit has been part of such a stand. He has recorded 100-run opening stands with Shikhar Dhawan and Rahul. He is now followed by Babar Azam and Martin Guptill, who are joint-second on the list.
Involved in most 100+ partnerships in T20Is:
13 Rohit Sharma*
12 Babar Azam/Martin Guptill
11 David Warner
Equalling Babar-Rizwan's tally:
India's T20I opening pair KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma now have the joint-most century partnerships in T20I cricket. They equalled Pakistan's opening pair of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan who also have five 100-run stands in the format.
However, the the Pakistani pair have taken 22 innings to do it while India pair took 27 innings.
Most century partnerships in T20Is
5 Babar - Rizwan (22 innings)
5 Rohit - Rahul (27)
4 Guptill - Williamson (30)
4 Rohit - Dhawan (52)
