Captain of Team India, Rohit Sharma, is on the verge of reaching a historic milestone and is set to play the 150th T20I match
Indian captain Rohit Sharma is set to play his 150th T20I match, and this is the most by any men's cricketer. The cricketer will play his 150th match against Afghanistan on January 14 at Holkar Stadium in Indore. So far, Rohit has scored 3853 runs in T20Is, including 4 centuries, with the highest score of 118 runs.
Ireland's Paul Stirling is second in the tally. The Irish batting all-rounder has played 134 T20I matches so far. The former India captain is on 11 in the tally of most T20I matches, as he played 115 T20 international matches and scored 4008 runs, including a century, with the highest score of 122* runs, which he scored against Afghanistan in the Asia Cup 2022.
Here is the list of cricketers who played the most T20I matches:
1. Rohit Sharma, India: 149 T20I matches.
2. Paul Stirling, Ireland: 134 T20I matches
3. GH Dockrell, Ireland: 128 T20I matches.
4. Shoaib Malik, Pakistan: 124 T20I matches.
5. MJ Guptill, New Zealand: 122 T20I matches.
6. Mahmudullah, Bangladesh: 121 T20I matches.
7. Mohammad Hafeez, Pakistan: 119 T20I matches
The Indian cricket team has already won the first T20I, where Kohli was not playing due to personal reasons, but now the star batter has joined the India squad in Indore and will feature in the second T20I. He will be playing a T20I after India's loss in the T20 World Cup 2022 semi-final against England in Australia.