Rohit Sharma Faces Race From Virat Kohli In T20Is; On Cusp Of Becoming Highest T20I Scorer Against South Africa

India’s white-ball vice-captain Rohit Sharma has a chance to become highest run-scorer against South Africa in the T20I format. The right-handed batsman has so far scored 340 runs against Proteas. Whereas Martin Guptill, who sits on the top of the list, has 424 runs against South Africa.

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Rohit has a bight chance to overtake Guptill in three-match T20I series that starts tomorrow. While he will have a chance to overtake Guptill, Rohit will also face a challenge from skipper Virat Kohli.

Rohit, with 2422 runs in the shortest format, is just 52 runs ahead of Kohli in the list of most runs in T20Is. The race between the duo will be interesting to see. Rohit had gone past Kohli’s record in the home series against West Indies last year. Kohli had taken a rest for the WI T20Is.

The opening T20I between India and South Africa will also see Rohit making a comeback in the playing XI in the T20I side. He was rested for the third T20I against West Indies on the Caribbean tour.

After the first T20I in Dharamsala tomorrow, the next T20I games will be played in Mohali and Bangalore on September 18 and 22, respectively.

Following the T20I series, both the teams will play a three-match Test series starting on October 2. The series will see Rohit open the innings in the longest format of the game for the first time.

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He will replace KL Rahul at the top of the innings. Rohit was a part of the Test series against West Indies but did not get a chance due to a packed middle-order.

Before the Test series, Rohit will be leading a 13-member Board President’s XI squad. The match will be played in Vizag. Mayank Agarwal, who will be opening the innings along with Rohit, is also a part of the team.

India’s T20I squad for South Africa series: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Rahul Chahar, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini