To surpass Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s record, Rohit Sharma must win three matches. The T20 World Cup 2022 semi-final was Rohit Sharma’s last game for team India. Rumors are rife that the national selectors are not considering Rohit to play in the 2024 T20 World Cup but at that point in the 20-over cricket match, the Hitman will rejoin the national team.
Now that he is back on the pitch as the T20 captain , Rohit has the chance to set a fantastic record. If the Indian side wins the three match T20 series against the afghanistan , Rohit will become the most successful T20 captain in Indian history. In that’s the case the hitman will set the precedent of winning the most matches as India’s captain. In 51 T20 International matches between 2017 and 2022 , Rohit has captained India. Under his leadership India won a total of 39 International T20 matches and 12 matches were lost. This means Rohit has a success rate of 76.47 per cent and a failure rate of 23.52 per cent in his T20 captaincy for India
The record for most wins in T20 cricket is held by Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Under Dhoni’s leadership, India participated in 72 T20 International matches between 2007 to 2016, winning 41 of them. One match was drawn and the other 28 lost. Put differently, Dhoni has a success record of 56.94 percent and a failure rate of 38.88 as T20 captain for India.
As India’s T20 Captain , Rohit can surpass Dhoni in terms of match wins in the Afghanistan series . Rohit needs three wins to overtake Dhoni. How many Twenty20 matches were won by whom while Indian captainship?
Matches win lost
MS Dhoni (2007-2016) : 72 41 28
R Sharma (2017-until) : 51 39 12
V Kohli (2017-2021) : 50 30 16
H Pandya (2022-2023) : 16 10 05
SK Yadav (2023- Dec2023) : 07 05 02
