Follow UsRohit Sharma might not be having a good Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season by his standards, but he has broken a long-standing record set by Chris Gayle. With his first six against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) off Jamie Overton, Rohit broke the record for the most T20 sixes in a single country.
Rohit moved to 358 sixes in India, leaving Gayle behind.
360* - Rohit Sharma in India
357 - Chris Gayle in India
325 - Virat Kohli in India
286 - MS Dhoni in India
276 - Kieron Pollard in West Indies
He followed that with a couple of more sixes, and that took him past 30 runs for the first time this season. 246 of his sixes in India have come in the IPL. Overall, Rohit is the third-highest run-getter in IPL history. But he is very close to moving to second place.
Rohit started the season off with a duck against CSK. Since then, he has managed scores of 8, 13, 17, 18 and 26 before this encounter.
MI, who are seventh on the IPL 2025 points table, have won their last two matches. A win here will take them to sixth place.