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Rohit Sharma’s half-century drought ends in IPL, Hitman breaks Virat Kohli’s record
In the Indian Premier League 2023, the half-century of Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma’s career is over. Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma scored a half-century in the match played against Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. This innings was very special because in this match, Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma scored a half-century after 25 innings.
In this match, Rohit Sharma played a captaincy inning of 65 runs in 45 balls with the help of six fours and four sixes. With this, Rohit also scored the 41st IPL half-century of his career. Let us tell you that soon after this half-century, Rohit Sharma has become a part of the special club of Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan. Rohit Sharma holds the record for scoring at least one half-century in most IPLs. Rohit Sharma has scored at least one half-century in a season 15 times, Shikhar Dhawan 15 times, David Warner 14 times, Suresh Raina 13 and Mahendra Singh Dhoni 13 times. After showing a strong game in this match, Rohit Sharma has become the batsman to score 970 runs (highest runs) against Delhi Capitals.
Made a record in hitting a six
Rohit Sharma has also made a special record in terms of hitting sixes. Rohit Sharma’s name is also included in the list of sixes in the very first over in IPL matches. He has done this feat a total of 12 times. Chris Gayle and Virender Sehwag have also created this achievement before him. All three are joint top sixers in the first over. Significantly, Mukesh Kumar bowled the first over against Mumbai Indians, in which Rohit Sharma scored a total of 14 runs. Let us tell you that in the match played against Delhi Capitals, they won by six wickets in the last ball.
Rohit’s statement came after the victory
After the victory in the match played against Delhi Capitals, Rohit Sharma said that winning is most important for us. We have been working hard since the very first game. We got our first win this season. The first win is always very special. Regarding the game, he said that it is very important to use it during the powerplay. We had to keep attacking. Tried a good partnership with Tilak as well.
