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MI vs RCB: Rohit Sharma created history, equal with Dhoni-Kohli in terms of playing most matches in IPL

By Samira Vishwas

Rohit Sharma Record in IPL: As soon as he entered the 54th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians (MI) veteran player Rohit Sharma has made a big record and in a special case, he has equaled the greats Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli. Now Rohit Sharma is jointly ‘number-1’ having played most matches in IPL history. Have become a player.

Rohit equaled Dhoni-Kohli

When Rohit appeared in this ongoing match at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium on Sunday, it was his 278th IPL match. Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli have also played the same number of IPL matches. Ravindra Jadeja, who is at the second position in this list, has played 265 matches in his IPL career, while Dinesh Karthik is at the third position with 257 matches. So far only 12 players have played 200 matches in IPL.

Have scored more than 7 thousand runs

Rohit Sharma 278 IPL So far, he has scored 7,289 runs in the matches with an average of 30.11. During this period, he also scored 2 centuries with his bat, while Kohli has scored 9,040 runs with 8 centuries in the same number of matches. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has scored 5,439 runs in 278 IPL matches at an average of 38.30.

Rohit Sharma scored 22 runs in 10 balls with 2 sixes and 2 fours against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Raipur on Sunday. After losing the toss and opting to bat, Mumbai Indians scored 166 runs after losing 7 wickets in 20 overs.

This team had lost its 3 wickets till the score of 28. From here Naman Dhir along with Tilak Verma scored 82 runs in 57 balls for the fourth wicket. Naman was out after scoring 47 runs in 32 balls with 2 sixes and 5 fours. After this, Tilak Verma made small partnerships and took the team to a challenging score.

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Tilak Verma Was out after scoring 57 runs in 42 balls. His innings included 2 sixes and 3 fours, while Raj Bawa contributed 16 runs and Will Jacques contributed 10 runs to the team’s account. From the opposition camp, Bhuvneshwar Kumar took the maximum of 4 wickets, while Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Salam Dar and Romario Shepherd took 1 wicket each.

With IANS inputs

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