Indian captain Rohit Sharma has added another feather in his cap while leading the team in the first ODI against Sri Lanka at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on August 2. He smashed the most sixes as a captain in the history of international cricket. Rohit who scored 58 off 47 in his outing against Sri Lanka smashed three sixes to breach Eoin Morgan's tally. The Indian captain has smashed 234* sixes in his career so far.
Rohit Sharma tops the tally with 234 maximums and former England skipper Morgan smashed 233 maximums while leading the side. Apart from Rohit, MS Dhoni is the only Indian in the tally of the top five captains who smashed the most sixes during their captaincy.
Most 6s as a captain in international cricket
234 - Rohit Sharma
233 - Eoin Morgan
211 - MS Dhoni
171 - Ricky Ponting
170 - Brendon McCullum
Indian opening batters with more than 15k runs
Virender Sehwag - 16119 runs
Sachin Tendulkar - 15335 runs
Rohit Sharma - 15039 runs
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India need 231 runs to win 1st ODI
Coming back to the match, After opting to bat Sri Lanka scored 230 runs while losing eight wickets in the first inning where Rohit scored 58 runs in 47 balls with seven fours and three sixes in opening for India. While writing this copy, India had scored 132 runs for 5 wickets and Sri Lanka are looking for a comeback. Now KL Rahul would like to try to win the match by becoming a troubleshooter for Team India. Team India under the coaching of Gautam Gambhir would like to win the first ODI at any cost.
India vs Sri Lanka playing XIs
India playing XI: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj
Sri Lanka Playing XI: Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis(w), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka(c), Janith Liyanage, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Akila Dananjaya, Asitha Fernando, Mohamed Shiraz.
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