“92 off 41 A Story of Vengeance: Streets Will Never Forget What Rohit Sharma Did to Australia in the T20 World Cup 2024”
In match no. 51 of the T20 World Cup 2024, Rohit Sharma played arguably the best innings of his career against Australia in a Super 8 game. In this match, Rohit came to the crease with a mission: the mission to get revenge, the mission to show Aussies their place, the mission to conquer the cricket world, the mission to keep 140 crores of hopes alive, and he succeeded in this mission. Rohit Sharma was playing against Australia in the T20 World Cup 2024, the same Australia team that had recently broken his dream of winning an ODI World Cup. So, this was the time for vengeance, and Rohit Sharma got his deserved vengeance in some style.
Rohit smashed every Aussie bowler in every corner of the Darren Sammy Cricket Ground in Gros Islet, St. Lucia. He started with the ace bowler of Australia, Mitchell Starc, who has a reputation for delivering the most lethal bowling spells in the World Cup. But he would like to forget this match, as he was smashed for 29 runs in the second over of his spell, by Sharma. The next bowler in line to destroy was Pat Cummins, who took two hat tricks in the last two matches but finished this match with a bowling figure of 0/48 in 4 overs.
Rohit Sharma scored the fastest fifty of the T20 World Cup 2024 and made arguably one of the best bowling attacks of the tournament toothless. This incredible inning by Rohit Sharma came to an end in the 12th over of India’s inning, but before his dismissal, Rohit broke numerous records in his 92 off 41 balls knock against Australia.
Check out the full list of Records Rohit Sharma Broke During His Incredible Inning of 92 off 41 Against Australia
Most runs in T20 international cricket
In Twenty20 Internationals, Rohit surpassed Pakistan captain Babar Azam to take the top spot in run scoring, thanks to his 92-run knock against Australia in the T20 World Cup 2024. He exceeded Babar’s tally of 4,145 runs in the game’s shortest format.
Second-highest score by an Indian in the T20 World Cup
With his 92-run inning against Australia in the T20 World Cup 2024, Rohit became the second-highest scorer in a T20 World Cup match for India. Suresh Raina holds this record with a score of 101 against South Africa in the 2010 T20 World Cup. Suresh Raina is the only Indian batsman to achieve a century in the T20 World Cup.
First batsman to hit 200 sixes in T20 international
Rohit Sharma became the first-ever batsman to smash 200 sixes in T20 international cricket. Now, Rohit had hit 203 sixes in T20Is—30 more than second-placed Martin Guptil on this list. The Hitman is also the only batsman in international cricket who has struck more than 600 sixes. Rohit completed this feat on June 5, 2024, in the India and Ireland match at the ICC T20 World Cup 2024.
The batsman who has hit the most sixes against Australia
Rohit Sharma has become the batsman who has hit the most sixes against Australia in international cricket during his 92-run innings in Ind vs Aus Super 8 clash at the T20 World Cup 2024. Rohit has hit 132 sixes against Australia.
Rohit Broke Gayle’s record of most sixes against an opponent in international cricket
Rohit also broke Chris Gayle’s record of most sixes against an opponent in international cricket. Rohit surpassed Gayle’s tally of 130 sixes against England in his 92-run knock against Australia in the Super 8 game between Australia and India at the T20 World Cup 2024. Rohit has now hit 132 sixes against Australia.
- Rohit Sharma vs Australia, 132 sixes
- Chris Gayle vs England, 130 sixes
- Rohit Sharma vs West Indies, 88 sixes
- Chris Gayle vs New Zealand 87 sixes
Second batsman to hit most sixes in the T20 World Cup
Overtaking David Warner and Jos Buttler, Rohit emerged as the T20 World Cup’s second-most prolific six-hitter. In the competition, he has smashed 48 sixes in 42 innings, second only to Chris Gayle’s 31 innings of 63 maximums.
Most sixes as an opener in international cricket
Gayle’s record of 529 sixes as an opener in international cricket was matched by Rohit in the India vs. Australia Super 8 match at the T20 World Cup 2024. But it took Gayle 506 innings to accomplish the feat; Rohit did it in just 349 innings. In all T20Is, Rohit is now the most productive opener in terms of six hits.
Most sixes by an Indian in an innings in the T20 World Cup
Rohit became the Indian batsman to hit the most sixes in an inning against Australia by hitting 8 sixes during his 92-run inning against Australia in the T20 World Cup. He broke Yuvraj Singh’s record of seven sixes, which he smashed against England in the 2007 T20 World Cup.
Highest score by an Indian captain in the T20 World Cup
Rohit surpassed Virat Kohli‘s record of 57, which he had set against Pakistan in Dubai in 2021. Rohit’s 92 against Australia in the T20 World Cup 2024 is now the highest score by an Indian captain in the T20 World Cup. This is the second-highest individual score by any captain in T20 World Cups, only surpassed by Chris Gayle’s 98 in the 2010 T20 World Cup against India.
Third-fastest fifty by an Indian in the T20 World Cup
Rohit Sharma became the third-fastest Indian to score a half-century in the T20 World Cup after reaching the milestone in just 19 balls against Australia in the India vs. Australia Super 8 game. The only two innings that were completed faster were Yuvraj’s 12-ball fifty against England in the 2007 T20 World Cup and KL Rahul’s 18-ball fifty against Scotland in the 2021 T20 World Cup.
Fourth Indian to register 19,000-plus international runs
Rohit became the fourth Indian to achieve this feat as he crossed the 19,000-run mark during his 92-run knock against Australia in the T20 World Cup 2024. Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, and Virat Kohli are the other Indian players who have reached this milestone.
Fastest half-century against Australia in the T20 World Cup
Rohit Sharma is now the fastest half-century-scoring batsman against Australia in the T20 World Cup, thanks to his 92-run innings against Australia in Ind vs Aus Super 8 match, during which he completed his half-century in just 19 balls.
- 19 balls – Rohit Sharma (2024)
- 20 balls – Yuvraj Singh (2007)
- 23 balls-Chris Gayle (2009)
- 25 balls- Jos Buttler (2021)
