ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Fearless Rohit Sharma hits 4 sixes in Mitchell Starc's 29-run over, video gone viral
Xtra Time Web Desk: Rohit Sharma stayed true to his aggressive approach against Australi. Playing in St Lucia, Sharma smashed 4 sixes in a single Mitchell Starc over inside the first 6 overs of the match. Sharma hit Starc for 29 runs - the most that anyone has ever scored off Starc in the T20 World Cup. The India captain looked in terrific touch from the very start of the match. Sharma slammed Starc in his second over, just after Virat Kohli's dismissal in the match. This was Mitchell Starc's most expensive over in the T20I format. The previous most was 22 against New Zealand in the 2021 T20 World Cup in Dubai.
Rohit dominated every single Australian bowler bar Josh Hazlewood. The right-hander took the attack to Pat Cummins, Starc and Adam Zampa in the first 10 overs of the match. In his innings, Rohit also reached the feat of 200th T20I six - the first ever cricketer to achieve the feat.
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Rohit completed his fifty in just 19 balls, the third-fastest fifty scored by any Indian batter in a T20 World Cup. Rohit was behind Yuvraj Singh's 12-ball fifty vs England in 2007 and KL Rahul's 18-ball fifty against Scotland in the 2021 edition of the tournament.
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After the heroic batting, Rohit Sharma falls for 41-ball 92. A full delivery from Mitchell Starc does the trick. The Australia pacer rattles Rohit Sharma's stumps. But A knock that he would remember for a long, long time.
