Rohit Sharma breaks Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni's batting record as India captain in Chinnaswamy T20I vs AFG

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Rohit Sharma on Wednesday broke Virat Kohli's record for most runs as the captain of the Indian T20I team. The 36-year-old achieved the record by going past Virat Kohli's tally of 1570 runs during the third and final T20I against Afghanistan.

After India were reduced to 22/4, Rohit Sharma took the onus on him to revive the Indian innings and hit his 30th T20I fifty. The 36-year-old played some mind-boggling shots including a reverse-sweep for six.

MS Dhoni is third on the list of batters with most runs as India captains. Dhoni scored 1112 runs in 72 T20I matches. Kohli captained India in 50 T20I matches. Rohit Sharma led India for the 54th time when he took the field at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru for the final match of the three-match series.

Most runs as India T20I captain

• Rohit Sharma: 1572
• Virat Kohli: 1570
• MS Dhoni: 1112

Rohit Sharma has returned to T20I cricket with the series after a gap of 14 months. The opener did not play a single T20I game after India's defeat in the semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2022. But with the T20 World Cup 2024, the star batter has returned to the format.

He got run out for a duck in the first T20I in Mohali. In the second T20I, the right-hand batter got out for a golden duck, but roared back to form when the team needed him the most.

Rohit Sharma is second on the list of all-time highest scorers in T20I cricket. He is on the cusp of becoming only the second batter after Virat Kohli to score 4000 runs in T20I cricket.