VIRAT KOHLI VS ROHIT SHARMA: WHO RETIRED WITH MOST RUNS, CENTURIES AND WINS?
The 2024 T20 World Cup final marked an end to an era as Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja announced their T20I retirements. Virat made the mega announcement after being bestowed with the Player of the Final award while Rohit made the announcement while speaking to the media after the post-match press conference. Jadeja shared an Instagram post to announce his retirement.
Virat and Rohit remained at the top spot in the run-scoring list in T20Is in past few years and often exchanged the top position. They were joined by other batsmen in the list but at present, these two acquire the top spot. As their two legends end their T20I careers, here we compare their stats and have a look at batsmen with most runs, centuries and more -
Most Matches
Rohit Sharma made his T20I debut in 2007 and finished his T20I career with 159 caps. Virat Kohli donned the T20I cap for the first time in 2010 and played 124 T20Is. He made his T20I debut against Zimbabwe and was Suresh Raina's deputy in that series. It can be said that Virat had a delayed T20I debut.
Most runs
Related News |Rohit finished his T20I career as the batsman with most runs in T20Is. He scored 4231 runs in 151 innings. Rohit batted with a strike rate of 140.89. Virat scored 4188 runs in 117 T20Is at an average of 48.69. He had an average of above 50 in all three formats at one stage in his career.
Most sixes
Rohit Sharma became the first batsman to hit 200 sixes in T20Is during the T20 WC and hit 205 sixes in total. Virat hit 124 sixes in his career. He sits at the 9th spot in the overall list.
Most fours
Rohit and Virat are at the 3rd and 4th spots, respectively in this list. Rohit hit 383 boundaries while Virat found the gaps 369 times. Virat relied more on hitting boundaries than sixes.
Most centuries
Related News |Rohit Sharma tops the list of batsmen with most centuries in T20Is. He hit five centuries in his long career. He shares the top spot with Glenn Maxwell. Rohit missed out on scoring his sixth ton and got dismissed for 92 against Australia in the Super 8 stage.
Virat hit one century in T20Is. His first and only T20I ton came against Afghanistan during the 2022 Asia Cup. Virat is among the batsmen with centuries in all three formats.
Most wins as captain
Rohit Sharma tops this list. He finished his career with 49 wins from 62 matches. Rohit was named the vice-captain of the white-ball teams in 2017. He replaced Virat as the T20I captain after the 2021 T20 World Cup.
Virat finished his T20I captaincy career with 30 wins from 50 matches. He made the decision to step down as captain before the 2021 T20 WC and left the job after the ICC event. India crashed out from the league stage of the tournament.
ICC trophies
Rohit is one of the two Indian captains to win an ICC trophy win in T20Is. He captained India to a title win in the 2024 T20 World Cup. He was part of the 2007 T20 WC-winning team.
Virat won one ICC trophy as a player. He was part of the 2024 T20 WC-winning team under Rohit's leadership. Under Virat, India failed to qualify for the second round of the 2021 T20 WC.
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