T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma breaks Babar Azam’s record

Rohit Sharma broke Babar Azam's record to become the most successful captain in T20Is after India defeated England in the T20 World Cup 2024 semi-final at the Providence Stadium, Guyana, on Thursday.

India will now face South Africa in the T20 World Cup final at the Kensington Stadium, Barbados, on June 29.

Rohit Sharma is enjoying stellar form as recently, he became the top-scorer in T20Is, breaking Azam’s record, and after India’s win over Jos Buttler’s side, the 37-year-old recorded his 49th win in the shorter format and dethroned the Pakistani skipper from yet another record list.

Captains with most wins in T20Is

Rohit Sharma — 49 wins in 61 matches

Babar Azam — 48 wins in 85 matches

Aaron Finch — 40 wins in 76 matches

Kane Williamson — 39 wins in 75 matches

MS Dhoni — 41 wins in 72 matches

Rohit Sharma is also the third-highest top-scorer of T20 World Cup with 248 runs from seven innings, only behind Australia’s Travis Head (255 runs in seven innings) and Afghanistan’s Rahmanullah Gurbaz (281 runs in eight innings).

In the second semi-final, chasing the 172-run target, England had a good start as in the first three overs, they had scored 26 runs without losing a single wicket. Jos Buttler looked in good touch but he was dismissed by Axar Patel on the first ball of the fourth over.

India’s spin department continued to dominate the defending champions as Jonny Bairstow (0 off 3), Moeen Ali (8 off 10), Sam Curran (2 off 4) and Liam Livingstone (11 of 16), all failed to score big for the team.

For India, Patel and Kuldeep bagged three wickets each while Bumrah got two as the entire English team was out for 103 runs in 16.4 overs.

In the first innings, India didn’t have a great start as Virat Kohli, once again, failed to perform in the ongoing tournament as he was bowled by Reece Topley after just scoring nine runs.

India bounced back quickly as Suryakumar Yadav and Rohit Sharma formed a 73-run partnership. The Hitman completed his half-century but fell to Adil Rashid’s googly after contributing 57 runs.

Yadav continued India’s attack after Sharma’s dismissal but he missed his half-century by just three runs by losing his wicket to Jofra Archer.

India lost wickets in quick succession with Hardik Pandya (23 off 13), and Shivam Dube (0 off 1), but Ravindra Jadeja (17 off 9) and Axar Patel (10 off 6) propelled India to 171 in the allocated overs.

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