Rohit Sharma, who made Mumbai Indians 5 times in the IPL, turned 38 today. Rohit, known as Hitman, has made several records in this tournament, which is difficult to break. Most of the fans know him for his powerful batting and long sixes. However, very few people know that he also bowled earlier and has a unique record in the IPL. In fact, he is the only player to score more than 6000 runs in this league and take a hat -trick. Let’s know about his 5 best records in IPL, which are difficult to break.
Hat trick with 6000+ runs
Rohit started playing IPL 18 years ago at the age of 20. He played for Deccan Chargers Hyderabad in the first three seasons. During this, he shocked everyone with a hat -trick. Rohit achieved this feat against his current team Mumbai Indians in 2009. In 2011, he joined the Mumbai team and 12 years later in 2023, he crossed the 6000 -run mark in the tournament. In this way, he became the only player to score more than 6000 runs in the IPL and a hat -trick of wickets.
The only captain to score two half -centuries in the final
Rohit Sharma is considered a big player. He has performed strongly for the team on every major occasion. He has also shown this in the IPL. In fact, he is the only captain to score two half -centuries in the IPL final. In 2015, he played a brilliant innings of 50 off 26 balls against Chennai Super Kings and was adjudged Player of the Match. In 2020, he scored 68 off 51 balls in the final against Delhi Capitals and helped MI win his fifth title.
Most players of the match
Rohit Sharma recently played a brilliant innings of 76 runs against Chennai Super Kings and won the Player of the Match (POTM) award. He received the award for the 20th time in the IPL. In this way he became the first Indian player to win the Player of the Match award 20 times. Apart from him, no other Indian batsman could do this. He is third in terms of winning the most Potm in this league. There are only AB de Villiers (25) and Chris Gayle (22) ahead of them.
Most IPL trophies
Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, he gave Mumbai Indians five IPL titles. In this league, only MS Dhoni has been able to match him. This means that Rohit is the captain to win the most IPL trophy jointly. He also won the IPL title with Deccan Chargers in 2009. This means that he has 6 IPL titles as a player. This record is only in the name of Ambati Rayudu.
Most sixes
Rohit Sharma became very famous for his ability to hit sixes and win matches. For this reason, he was also called ‘Hitman’ and in the IPL he proved it very well. Actually, Rohit is the Indians who hit the most sixes (297) in this league. There is only Chris Gayle (357) ahead of him.
