Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Rohit Sharma has become the second Indian and overall seventh batter to cross 10,000 runs in men's T20 cricket. The team India skipper reached the milestone during MI'a Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 fixture against Punjab Kings (PBKS), which ended as the five-time champion's fifth straight loss of the season.
It was the 34-year-old's 362nd innings in the shortest format of the game.
Rohit was just 25 runs away when he started his innings at the MCA Stadium in Pune on Wednesday (April 13). The MI captain raced past that mark in just 16 balls with a towering six off fast bowler Kagiso Rabada. However, he ended up getting dismissed on the very next ball.
The opening batter's long-time international teammate and former Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli became the first Indian to reach 10,000 T20 runs during the 2021 IPL season. He was the fifth player to reach that mark. Meanwhile, Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) recently signed batter and Australia captain Aaron Finch was the next player to get there before Rohit.
West Indies batting legend Chris Gayle was the first player to reach the five-figure mark in T20 cricket. He remains the highest run-scorer by some margin, having scored a whopping 14,562 runs in 463 games. Pakistan's Shoaib Malik (11,698), Windies captain and Rohit's MI teammate Kieron Pollard (11,474), Finch (10,499), Kohli (10,379) and David Warner (10,373) make up the list of players above Rohit.
Rohit is also the third-highest run-scorer of all time in the IPL with 5719 runs in 218 matches. Second on the list is PBKS opener Shikhar Dhawan, who scored 70 on Wednesday to take his career tally to 5981 runs in 197 matches. Kohli is the all-time highest run-getter in the IPL with 6390 runs in 212 matches.
Additionally, Rohit is the highest run-scorer in T20Is with 3,313 runs in 117 innings. He has also scored a record four centuries in T20Is.
Mumbai were in a commanding position while batting second against PBKS, but some brilliant bowling aided by MI's middle-order collapse snatched the win from under their noses, keeping them rooted at the bottom of the table.
