In the T20I series between New Zealand and Australia, Martin Guptill ran roughshod over the Aussie bowlers on Thursday as he smashed 97 off 50 deliveries helped power the Kiwis to a mammoth 219/7 in Dunedin. The opener belted six fours and eight sixes during his assault entertaining the capacity crowd and during his innings, Guptill surpassed India opener Rohit Sharma's record in T20Is. Guptill now has 132 sixes from 96 T20Is which is the most by any batsman in the shortest format of the game to date. He has five more maximums than the previous record-holder Rohit who has 127 from 108 matches. However, now keeping the T20 World Cup in mind, he is making sure to secure his place in the playing XI

Source: dna February 25, 2021 05:03 UTC