Watch: Rohit Sharma completes 200 T20I sixes as he smashes Pat Cummins for a gigantic 100-m maximum

India captain Rohit Sharma is leading his team from the very front in the ongoing Super 8 game against Australia. The right-handed batsman has scored a whirlwind fifty to give his team a flying start in the crucial game of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024.

The match did not start on the best of notes for Team India as they lost the toss and Australia opted to bowl first. The start was poor too as Josh Hazlewood dismissed Virat Kohli for a duck in the second over. However, Rohit Sharma soon put India in the driver's seat by launching a stunning assault on Australia.

He got into his groove in the third over by hitting Mitchell Starc for as many as four sixes and a four. And in the fifth over, the India opener welcomed Pat Cummins into the attack by smashing him for a monstrous six. On the very first ball of the over, Rohit Sharma hit a 100-meter six as the ball landed on the roof of the stadium. The India skipper got down on one knee and hit the ball over deep midwicket for a gigantic six.

Watch the six from Rohit Sharma:

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Rohit Sharma creates history:

The six off Pat Cummins also helped Rohit Sharma create history. It made him the very first player to hit 200 sixes in T20Is. No other batsman has even managed to reach 180 sixes so far in the shortest format of the game in international cricket.

New Zealand batsman Martin Guptill is second in the list with 173 sixes. Rohit Sharma and Guptill are the only batters who have hit 150 or more sixes in T20Is so far. England captain Jos Buttler is third on the list with 137 sixes while Glenn Maxwell and Nicholas Pooran complete the top five.

Most sixes in T20Is:

200* - Rohit Sharma
173 - Martin Guptill
137 - Jos Buttler
133 - Glenn Maxwell
132 - Nicholas Pooran
129 - Suryakumar Yadav

Coming to the game, India were on 127 for 3 in the 12th over at the time of writing this report. Rohit led India's charge with the bat before being dismissed by Mitchell Starc in the 12th over. The India skipper departed after smashing 92 runs from just 41 balls with the help of seven fours and 8 sixes.