Rohit Sharma Overtakes MS Dhoni, Becomes India's Most-Capped Male Cricketer In T20I Format

It doesn’t matter whether it is the ODI or Test or T20I, Rohit Sharma doesn’t miss out breaking records to his name. In the latest, the flamboyant batsman has surpassed MS Dhoni to become the most-capped male cricketer of India in T20I format of the game.

Before the match, Rohit has played 98 T20Is since making his debut at the World T20 in 2007. On Sunday, playing his 99th T20I, he went past Dhoni’s tally of 98 T20Is for India. Thus, he is the most-capped Indian player in Men’s cricket while second on the list with Harmanpreet Kaur recently reaching 100 T20I milestone.

Rohit Sharma is third in the overall list:

Apart from that, the Mumbai batsman will also move to third place on the list of players with most T20I appearances after Pakistan’s Shoaib Malik (111) and Shahid Afridi (99).

However, it wasn’t the game to remember for the skipper as a batsman. He just scored 9 runs with a couple of boundaries included in it. Still, he managed to break the record of Virat Kohli in the list of highest run-scorer list.

Rohit is also the stand-in skipper for the side in the ongoing T20I series against Bangladesh, as first-team captain Virat Kohli has been given rest. The first T20i is being played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.

Speaking on the eve of the match on Saturday, Rohit told reporters: “My job as a captain is very simple — I just want to take the team forward from where Virat has left the team. What I have done at the limited opportunities that I have got is to maintain what Virat has done previously with the team. I am just trying to carry that forward.”

Following the ongoing Delhi T20I, India will Play Bangladesh in 2 games. Later, India will take on their sub-continent neighbours in a two-match Test series. In December, the side will host West Indies for a three-match T20I and ODI series.