New Delhi | Jagran Sports Desk: Skipper Rohit Sharma on Sunday became the most capped T20I player for India while appearing the first T20I against Bangladesh held at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. Rohit Sharma has now represented team India in 99 T20I overtaking MS Dhoni's 98 T20Is.
The opener has so far scored four centuries and 17 half-centuries in his T20I career managing 2452 runs, i.e., the highest among all players. Rohit's batting dominance at the top makes him one of the most dangerous batsmen in the shortest format of the game. His high score is 118 runs against Sri Lanka.
On Sunday, the skipper failed to get a good start as he departed away for just nine runs but broke the record of Virat Kohli, who has 2450 runs from 72 matches. Martin Guptill is placed third in terms of scoring most runs in T20Is. The Kiwi has scored 2326 runs from 80 T20Is.
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Rohit had made his T20I debut against England during the inaugural World T20 in 2007. Initially he used to play at No. 7 position but pushed to opening slot later in his career. The 32-year-old is a just one match away to break Shahid Afridi's record who has featured in 99 matches. However, he still needs to play another 13 matches to break Shoaib Malik's record (111 T20Is).
Rohit is leading the team India squad in the T20I series against Bangladesh in the absence of Virat Kohli who has been rested. Team India has never lost a T20I against Bangladesh and it will be a good chance for Rohit Sharma to maintain the record.
Meanwhile, bowling all-rounder and IPL sensation Shivam Dube received his team India cap in the opening fixture.