‘Records Galore’: All records Rohit Sharma broke in his splendid innings for IND vs AUS at T20 WC

India took on Australia in their final Super 8 game at T20 World Cup 2024 and in the first innings it was the ‘Hitman’ show as Rohit Sharma scored a blistering knock of 92 runs in 41 balls with a strike rate of 224.  

Rohit Sharma’s knock helped India set a target of 206 against Australia who need to beat India to keep their hopes for qualification into the T20 World Cup 2024 semi finals alive. Rohit Sharma’s splendid innings was a great in a lot of parameters but it was also the innings in which Rohit Sharma went on to break a numerous records. Here’s a checklist of all the records.

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All records Rohit Sharma broke in his splendid innings for IND vs AUS

Rohit Sharma played one of the most memorable innings any Indian has played in T20 World Cup history. His special innings was full of records galores so here is a list of records Hitman broke

• Fastest Batter to hit 200 sixes in Men’s T20Is - Rohit Sharma in his innings reached the milestone of 200 sixes and became the fastest batter to reach that point in men’s T20I history.
• Fastest 50 in T20 World Cup 2024 - Rohit Sharma’s 50 of just 19 balls was the fastest fifty scored by any batsman in this T20 World Cup 2024. 
• Fastest 50 against Australia in T20IS - Yes, Rohit Sharma with his innings became the batsman to score the fastest 50 ever against Australia in any T20IS. 
• Only player with 50 in Powerplay - Sharma became the only player in this edition of T20 World Cup to score 50 runs in the powerplay. 
• Most Sixes by Indian batter in a T20 World Cup innings - Rohit Sharma with 8 sixes became the Indian batter to have scored the most sixes in a single T20 World Cup inning.