PBKS vs MI: Rohit Sharma has a golden opportunity to create history in today's match.

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Rohit Sharma has a golden opportunity to create history How many matches has Virat Kohli played in IPL?

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Rohit Sharma’s 250th match in IPL: Today the 33rd match of IPL 2024 will be played between Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians. This match will be played at Punjab’s home ground Mullanpur. So far this season, both the teams have been able to achieve only 2-2 wins. In this match, all eyes are going to be on Rohit, he had scored a brilliant century against CSK in the last match of Mumbai Indians. This match is going to be special for Rohit, in this match Rohit is going to make a new record.

Rohit Sharma has a golden opportunity to create history

Former Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma will play his 250th match in IPL today. After this, Rohit will become the second player to play 250 matches in IPL. Earlier this feat was done by former Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni. Dhoni is the only player to play more than 250 matches in IPL.

Dhoni has played 256 matches in IPL so far. Both these players have won the IPL title 5-5 times under their respective captaincy. Now MS Dhoni is playing for CSK under the leadership of Ruturaj Gaikwad while Rohit is playing under the leadership of Hardik Pandya. Rohit Sharma has played 249 matches so far. In such a situation, he will play his 250th IPL match against Punjab today.

Rohit Sharma, who made his debut in IPL in 2008 i.e. the first season, has played 249 matches so far. Batting in 244 innings of these matches, he has scored 4932 runs at an average of 30.1 and strike rate of 131.22. During this period he has scored 2 centuries and 42 half-centuries. Apart from this, he has taken 15 wickets in bowling.
It is noteworthy that Rohit Sharma is among those players of IPL who have taken a hat-trick and scored a century in batting. Rohit Sharma has so far played for Deccan Chargers and Mumbai Indians in IPL. Currently he is a part of Mumbai Indians.

How many matches has Virat Kohli played in IPL?

Talking about Virat Kohli, he has played 244 matches in this tournament so far. Kohli is still away from the 250 matches mark. In such a situation, Rohit Sharma will be the second player after Dhoni to touch this special figure.