{"id":573414,"date":"2026-03-30T03:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T03:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/573414\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T03:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T03:57:10","slug":"record-broken-rohit-sharma-dethrones-virat-kohli-with-kkr-carnage-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/573414\/","title":{"rendered":"Record broken! Rohit Sharma dethrones Virat Kohli with KKR carnage | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kohli-rohit-3003-sd.jpg\" alt=\"Record broken! Rohit Sharma dethrones Virat Kohli with KKR carnage\" title=\"Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma (Image credit: BCCI\/IPL) \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma (Image credit: BCCI\/IPL)  NEW DELHI: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rohit-sharma\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rohit Sharma<\/a> was seen in his true colours, batting in his typical style and dispatching bowlers all over the park with complete authority in IPL 2026 as <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mumbai-indians\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mumbai Indians<\/a> took on Kolkata Knight Riders in their opening match.The decision to bowl first didn\u2019t work for the five-time champions as KKR piled up a daunting 220\/4 in 20 overs. But when Rohit walked out to open alongside Ryan Rickelton, the intent was clear &#8211; take control of the chase. <\/p>\n<p> Watch<\/p>\n<p> Delhi Capitals unveil new jersey ahead of IPL 2026The duo delivered in style. Rickelton and Rohit slammed quickfire fifties to power Mumbai Indians to a comfortable six-wicket win \u2014 their first opening-game victory in 13 seasons.Chasing 221, Rickelton (81 off 43 balls) and Rohit (78 off 38) stitched together a blistering 148-run opening stand off just 71 balls, laying the perfect foundation. Mumbai Indians eventually chased down the target in 19.1 overs, finishing at 224\/4. It was their highest successful run chase at home.While Rickelton struck four boundaries and eight sixes, Rohit\u2019s knock was studded with six fours and six maximums, underlining his dominance at the top.In the process, Rohit also surpassed <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/virat-kohli\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Virat Kohli<\/a> to register the most runs scored against a single team in IPL history.Rohit now has 1161 runs in 36 matches against KKR, achieved while representing both Deccan Chargers and Mumbai Indians.Kohli, who has spent his entire IPL career with Royal Challengers Bengaluru, had previously held the record with 1160 runs against Chennai Super Kings in 36 matches.PlayerTeam(s)MatchesRunsOpponentRohit Sharma Deccan Chargers, Mumbai Indians361161Kolkata Knight RidersVirat Kohli Royal Challengers Bengaluru361160Chennai Super KingsVirat Kohli Royal Challengers Bengaluru361159Punjab KingsVirat Kohli Royal Challengers Bengaluru321154Delhi CapitalsDavid Warner Delhi Capitals, Sunrisers Hyderabad261134Punjab KingsShikhar Dhawan Deccan Chargers, Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians, Punjab Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad301105Chennai Super KingsDavid Warner Delhi Capitals, Sunrisers Hyderabad281093Kolkata Knight RidersRohit Sharma Deccan Chargers, Mumbai Indians371057Delhi CapitalsVirat Kohli Royal Challengers Bengaluru361021Kolkata Knight RidersMumbai Indians will now face Delhi Capitals on April 4 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma (Image credit: BCCI\/IPL) NEW DELHI: Rohit Sharma was seen in his true colours,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,13849,31775,31774,48290,45258,281477,281478,158567,85,2131],"class_list":{"0":"post-573414","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-indian-premier-league","12":"tag-ipl-2026","13":"tag-kolkata-knight-riders","14":"tag-mumbai-indians","15":"tag-rohit-sharma","16":"tag-rohit-sharma-breaks-virat-kohli-record","17":"tag-rohit-sharma-ipl-records","18":"tag-rohit-sharma-virat-kohli","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-virat-kohli"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}