Kolkata: Indian captain Rohit Sharma batted in style and lead the side to script a near perfect tale on his full-time captaincy debut scoring his second consecutive half-century score in the three-match series against New Zealand on Sunday at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
In the process the 34-year-old subsequently surpassed Virat Kohli’s tally of most 50-plus scores in T20Is. Rohit became the first Indian to achieve the incredible feat of 30th half-century. He has slammed 25 half-centuries and 5 centuries in the shortest format of the game, while Kohli is now one behind him with 29 half-centuries.
Consecutive fifties for skipper Rohit Sharma 👏#INDvNZ | https://t.co/ZzuqcIe2Ih pic.twitter.com/R4swmahLz3
— ICC (@ICC) November 21, 2021
On Sunday the Indian skipper first made a statement scoring 56 off 31 balls in India’s 184 for 7 and then made some immaculate captaincy calls which witnessed New Zealand’s surrender for 111 runs in 17.2 overs.
His 56-run knock on Sunday was laced with 5 fours and 3 sixes and helped the side to a 3-0 series defeat against T20 World Cup runners-up New Zealand. It was a second back-to-back bilateral T20I series triumph with a clean sweep for India after beating the Black Caps 5-0 in their own den in 2020.
Earlier, New Zealand opener Martin Guptill overtook Kohli to become the highest run-scorer in T20 Internationals. He has a tally of 3248 runs in 107 innings.
With this win, India won the three-match series 3-0 and now both teams will square off in two-match Test series, beginning Thursday in Kanpur.
