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Rohit Sharma Creates History in IPL 2026, Becomes Highest Run-Scorer Against Kolkata Knight Riders
Rohit Sharma in IPL 2026, MI vs KKR: Rohit Sharma played a brilliant half-century against Kolkata Knight Riders in the second match of IPL 2026. He hit six fours and six sixes in his innings.
Rohit Sharma has already broken records as soon as he entered the Indian Premier League 2026. Mumbai Indians began their season against KKR and were chasing 221 runs in their first match. Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton opened for Mumbai Indians. Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton gave their team a quick start by reaching 100 runs by the ninth over.
Rohit Sharma has scored his 50th half-century in IPL and created a record for scoring the highest runs against KKR. Rohit Sharma has now surpassed David Warner, who had 1093 runs in 28 innings against KKR.
Rohit Sharma had 1083 runs against KKR in 35 innings before this match. Rohit Sharma took a single off Vaibhav Arora in the third over, and this helped Rohit Sharma to break the record of David Warner. Now, Rohit Sharma has become the highest run-scorer against KKR in the IPL. Rohit Sharma became the fourth batsman to score a 50+ score in the IPL. He is preceded by Virat Kohli (72), David Warner (66), and Shikhar Dhawan (53).
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Rohit Sharma scored 78 runs in 38 balls, which included six fours and six sixes. During this period, he and Ryan Rickelton shared a 148-run opening partnership for the first wicket. Rohit Sharma and Rickelton together made the second-highest opening partnership for Mumbai Indians in IPL history. Previously, in 2012, Sachin Tendulkar and Dwayne Smith had shared an unbroken 163-run opening partnership for Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
After Rohit Sharma's dismissal, Suryakumar Yadav, who was not part of the playing eleven but was selected by Mumbai Indians as an impact player, came to the crease. Earlier in the match, Hardik Pandya had won the toss and elected to bowl first. Thanks to half-centuries from Ajinkya Rahane and Angkrish Raghuvanshi, KKR scored 220 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs.
For Mumbai Indians, Trent Boult and Jasprit Bumrah went wicketless, while Shardul Thakur was the most successful bowler for the team, taking 3/39 in his 4 overs.
