<p class="title">India stand-in captain Rohit Sharma on Friday became the highest run-getter in the Twenty20 Internationals, surpassing New Zealand's Martin Guptill.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rohit achieved the feat in style, clobbering leg-spinner Ish Sodhi over the fine-leg boundary for a six during India's chase of 159 runs in the second Twenty20 International against New Zealand here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Coming onto the match, Rohit needed just 35 runs to surpass Guptill (2272 runs), who didn't play Friday's match and the right-hander slammed a 29-ball 50 before being dismissed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rohit (2288), who achieved the feat in 93 matches, also went past Pakistani all-rounder Shoaib Malik (2263), who is third in the list.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India captain Virat Kohli (2167 runs) is placed fourth in the chart ahead of former New Zealand wicket-keeper batsman Brendon McCullum (2140).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rohit, who failed in the first T20, also became the third player in the history of T20 cricket after Guptill and Chris Gayle to hit 100 sixes.</p>
<p class="title">India stand-in captain Rohit Sharma on Friday became the highest run-getter in the Twenty20 Internationals, surpassing New Zealand's Martin Guptill.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rohit achieved the feat in style, clobbering leg-spinner Ish Sodhi over the fine-leg boundary for a six during India's chase of 159 runs in the second Twenty20 International against New Zealand here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Coming onto the match, Rohit needed just 35 runs to surpass Guptill (2272 runs), who didn't play Friday's match and the right-hander slammed a 29-ball 50 before being dismissed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rohit (2288), who achieved the feat in 93 matches, also went past Pakistani all-rounder Shoaib Malik (2263), who is third in the list.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India captain Virat Kohli (2167 runs) is placed fourth in the chart ahead of former New Zealand wicket-keeper batsman Brendon McCullum (2140).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rohit, who failed in the first T20, also became the third player in the history of T20 cricket after Guptill and Chris Gayle to hit 100 sixes.</p>