RG Sharma of India joined the select band of captain opening batsmen who have played ten or more Twenty20 internationals.
RG Sharma of India joined the select band of captain opening batsmen who have played ten or more Twenty20 Internationals. The first T20I game between India and West Indies at Kolkata on 04.11.98 was his tenth game. The following table lists all the ten batsmen with their performances. RG Sharma is the first Indian captain opening batsman to appear in ten or more T20Is.
| No | Player | Team | Span | M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | WTS Porterfield | Ire | 2008-2016 | 46 | 44 | 4 | 794 | 72 | 19.85 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 97 | 16 |
| 2 | GC Smith | RSA | 2005-2010 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 767 | 89* | 31.95 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 98 | 20 |
| 3 | KS Williamson | NZl | 2014-2018 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 706 | 73* | 39.22 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 82 | 10 |
| 4 | AJ Finch | Aus | 2014-2018 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 717 | 172 | 42.17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 66 | 36 |
| 5 | CH Gayle | Win | 2007-2010 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 490 | 98 | 30.62 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 24 |
| 6 | Mohd Hafeez | Pak | 2012-2013 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 269 | 45 | 22.41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 04 |
| 7 | KJ Coetzer | Sco | 2017-2018 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 285 | 54 | 28.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 07 |
| 8 | RG Sharma | Ind | 2017-2018 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 352 | 118 | 35.20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 20 |
RG Sharma is one of the four batsmen who have scored 20 plus boundary sixes in T20Is. Others are – AJ Finch {35}, CH Gayle {24}, GC Smith {20}. The following table lists all these four batsmen
| No | Player | Team | Span | M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | AJ Finch | Aus | 2014-2018 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 717 | 172 | 42.17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 66 | 36 |
| 2 | CH Gayle | Win | 2007-2010 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 490 | 98 | 30.62 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 24 |
| 3 | GC Smith | RSA | 2005-2010 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 767 | 89* | 31.95 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 98 | 20 |
| 4 | RG Sharma | Ind | 2017-2018 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 352 | 118 | 35.20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 20 |