Rohit Sharma made a comeback to the side and India was back to winning ways. While Rohit led India to a 50-run win over England in the first T20I at Ageas Bowl on Thursday, he also managed to reach a milestone by scoring 1000 T20I runs as captain. On his way to 1000 runs, he surpassed Virat Kohli. Kohli had taken 30 innings to get to that number, while Rohit took 29. Rohit also became the quickest Indian captain to the feat.
Rohit got off to a good start and looked like he has been playing all along. He hit a few glorious boundaries before being dismissed by Moeen Ali for 24 off 14 balls.
"Great performance from ball one. All batters showed intent. Although the pitch was good, we played good shots and never got ahead of the game. You got to make use of those six overs in the powerplay. There is a certain approach we want to take in the powerplay. You got to back yourself in this game, sometimes it comes off, sometimes it doesn't," Rohit said after India's win.Meanwhile, it was Hardik Pandya who starred for India with the bat and the ball. He hit a brilliant 51 off 33 balls and after that he picked up four wickets. His all-round show also helped him bag the man of the match award.Having taken a crucial 1-0 lead in the T20I series, India would look to wrap it up in the next game. The win also happens to be Rohit's 13th consecutive in this format as captain. Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has become the first captain in the history of cricket to win 13 successive T20 Internationals. He achieved the feat after India beat England by 50 runs in the first T20I to take 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series at the Rose Bowl, Southampton on July 7, 2022. This was Rohit Sharma's first match after recovering from COVID-19. Rohit Sharma had to miss out on India's rescheduled fifth Test against England at Birmingham after testing positive for COVID-19 and Jasprit Bumrah had led India in his absence. The skipper was, however, deemed fit to lead the team in the T20I series. Hardik Pandya's allround performance played a key role in India's victory. Pandya became the first Indian player to take four wickets and score a half-century in a single T20I match. Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, and Deepak Hooda also scored 24, 39 and 33 runs respectively. These performances took India's total of 198/8 in the first innings. While bowling later, Pandya took four wickets, spinner Yuzvendra Chahal also picked up 2 wickets along with debutant bowler Arshdeep Singh, who also picked up two wickets and Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshal Patel took one to restrict England at 148. Rohit Sharma breaks Virat Kohli's T20 Captaincy Record
Rohit Sharma's 24 runs backed by five fours also helped him break a major record that was held by Virat Kohli earlier. As soon as he reached 13 runs, he surpassed Virat Kohli's record of being the fastest Indian captain in the history of T20Is to reach 1000 runs.
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