Couple of landmarks for RG Sharma at Mount Maunganui

Couple of landmarks for RG Sharma at Mount Maunganui

RG Sharma of India scored 60 not out and retired against New Zealand at Mt Maunganui on 02 Feb20 to post his 25th fifty in T20Is. He now owns the record for most fifties in T20Is. He went past V Kohli who has scored 24 fifties in T20Is. He also became the first batsman in the history of T20Is to score 25 fifties. All his 25 fifties  are tabulated below

No Runs Pos Dismissal Inns Opp Ground Start Date
1 50* 5 not out 1 RSA Durban 20 Sep 2007
2 52* 2 not out 2 Ire Nottingham 10 Jun 2009
3 79* 4 not out 2 Aus Bridgetow0n 07 May 2010
4 53 3 caught 1 RSA Durban 09 Jan 2011
5 55* 4 not out 1 Eng Col-RPS 23 Sep 2012
6 62* 1 not out 2 Win Dhaka 23 Mar 2014
7 56 1 caught 2 Ban Dhaka 28 Mar 2014
8 106 1 caught 1 RSA Dharamsala 02 Oct 2015
9 60 1 run out 1 Aus Melbourne 29 Jan 2016
10 52 1 caught 2 Aus Sydney 31 Jan 2016
11 83 1 caught 1 Ban Dhaka 24 Feb 2016
12 62 1 caught 2 Win Lauderhill 27 Aug 2016
13 80 1 caught 1 NZl Delhi 01 Nov 2017
14 118 1 caught 1 Srl Indore 22 Dec 2017
15 89 1 run out 1 Ban Col-RPS 14 Mar 2018
16 56 2 caught 2 Ban Col-RPS 18 Mar 2018
17 97 1 bowled 1 Ire Dublin-M 27 Jun 2018
18 100* 1 not out 2 Eng Bristol 08 Jul 2018
29 111* 1 not out 1 Win Lucknow 06 Nov 2018
20 50 1 caught 2 NZl Auckland 08 Feb 2019
21 67 1 caught 1 Win Lauderhill 04 Aug 2019
22 85 1 caught 2 Ban Rajkot 07 Nov 2019
23 71 1 caught 1 Win Mumbai 11 Dec 2019
24 65 1 caught 1 NZl Hamilton 29 Jan 2020
25 60* 3 retd no 1 NZl Mt Maunganui 02 Feb 2020

RG Sharma achieved few more land marks in this game. He was playing his 100th T20I innings in this game. He became the second batsman in the history of T20Is to play 100 plus innings after Shoaib Malik of Pakistan. Shoaib Malik has played 105 T20I innings.

He became the twelfth batsman to retire hurt not out in the history of T20Is. He also became the second batsman to retire hurt not out after scoring a fifty in T20Is. The following table lists both the batsmen.

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 V Vijh 64* 1 Lux Rom Ilfov County 30 Aug 2019
2 RG Sharma 60* 1 Ind NZ Mt Maunganui 02 Feb 2020

He also became the third captain to retire hurt not out in the history of T20Is. He also became the first captain to retire hurt not out after scoring a fifty in T20Is. The following table lists all the three captains

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 RG Sharma 60* 1 Ind NZl Mt Maunganui 02 Feb 2020
2 LRPL Taylor 10* 2 NZl Win Lauderhill 30 Jun 2012
3 Rizwan Cheema 03* 1 Can Net Dubai-DSC 09 Feb 2010
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