The Indian cricket team will be taking on Bangladesh in the Super 8 Group 1 clash in the T20 World Cup 2024, at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua. Rohit Sharma, the captain of India, will be a key player for his team in the upcoming match against Bangladesh owing to his fantastic record in the shortest format of the game versus the near neighbours.
After taking the field against Bangladesh for the first-time in T20Is in 2009, Rohit Sharma has scored a lot of runs in front of them. In his 12 appearances in the shortest format of the game versus the Tigers, he has scored 453 runs at a healthy average and a strike-rate, hitting 36 fours and 21 maximums in the process.
Here are the stats of Rohit Sharma against Bangladesh in T20Is:
The highest score for Rohit Sharma against Bangladesh in T20I came during the Nidahas Trophy 2018 clash at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, where he scored 89 off 61 with five fours and five maximums. His innings was crucial for India to get the better of their near neighbours in a massive scrap, winning the match by 17 runs.
This is also the highest individual score for an Indian batter against Bangladesh in T20I cricket history.
Following the first-ever defeat for India against Bangladesh in a T20I in New Delhi in 2019, the team needed to bounce back quickly, which they did exceptionally well with Rohit Sharma’s batting blitz. In Rajkot, after Bangladesh set up a 153/6 total in their allotted overs, which India chased down with eight wickets in hand and 26 balls to spare after Rohit Sharma scored 85 off just 43 with six fours and six maximums.
All in all, the runs from Rohit Sharma at the top of the order will be vital to India’s cause in the T20 World Cup 2024, and it won’t change when he takes the field against Bangladesh later today in their Super 8 Group 1 clash.