Rohit Sharma IPL Record: Today in the 54th match of IPL 2026, the teams of Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore are facing each other on the ground of Raipur. While on one hand the race for playoff is at an exciting turn, on the other hand Rohit Sharma has a big record of Pakistan’s Babar Azam in his target. Will ‘Hitman’ be able to spread his magic in Raipur today?
In this match to be held at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur, Rohit Sharma can leave behind Babar Azam in the list of big records. To achieve this feat he needs only 25 runs. The special thing is that to remain in the race for the playoffs, Mumbai will have to win today at any cost. At the same time, RCB will aim to take a big step towards the playoffs by securing two important points.
Rohit ready to leave Babar Azam behind
In the history of T20 cricket, Rohit Sharma is all set to leave behind Pakistan’s star batsman Babar Azam in the list of highest run scorers. In 455 T20 matches played so far, Rohit Sharma has scored a total of 12,469 runs, while Babar Azam has scored 12,493 runs in 346 innings. This means that Rohit is only 25 runs behind Babar. At present, Rohit has already made his place among the top 10 batsmen who have scored the most runs in T20 cricket.
Chris Gayle tops the list
Chris Gayle (14,562 runs) tops the list of players who have scored the most runs in T20 cricket. After him in this list are Kieron Pollard (14,482), Alex Hales (14,449), David Warner (14,284), Jos Buttler (14,180), Virat Kohli (13,922), Shoaib Malik (13,571), James Vince (13,128), then Babar Azam, and finally Rohit Sharma.
What will be the nature of the pitch?
Since 2023, two T20 International matches have been played in Raipur, one against Australia in December 2023 and the other against New Zealand in January 2026. India had scored a total of 174 runs against Australia and 208 runs against New Zealand. The last IPL match was played on this ground in 2016, in which Virat Kohli scored unbeaten 54 runs and played an important role in RCB’s victory against Delhi.
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