<P> On 8 July 2018, during the T20I series against England Rohit Sharma became only the second batsman and first Indian to reach 3 T20I centuries after Colin Munro and also equalled the record of Munro for scoring most number of tons in T20I matches. (3) After achieving his third T20I century, he too created a unique record for becoming the only batsman to have scored 3 ODI double centuries and 3 T20I centuries . He also became the first batsman to score 3 centuries each in all three forms of international cricket . Rohit Sharma also equalled the record of Virat Kohli for recording most number of scores in excess of 50 in T20Is . Rohit also became the fifth overall and second Indian batsman to cross 2000 runs in T20I cricket . He also became the joint second fastest batsman along with Brendon McCullum to reach 2000 T20I runs in terms of number of balls faced. (1476) After scoring his third T20I hundred, he also became the first Indian to score 5 T20 centuries and shattered the record of Virat Kohli for scoring most number of centuries in across all T20 matches by an Indian batsman . </P> <P> In December 2017, India captain Virat Kohli was rested for the ODIs and T20I against Sri Lanka, in preparation for India's tour to South Africa, which began in the first week of January 2018 . As a result, Rohit was named the Indian captain for the first time in his career . India won the ODI series 2--1, their eighth consecutive series win since beating Zimbabwe in June 2016 . India won the T20I series 3--0 . Rohit Sharma was selected to lead India for the Nidahas Trophy in March 2018 as Virat Kohli was resting . </P> <P> Rohit Sharma is one of the most successful players in Indian Premier League (IPL) and has the unique record of finishing the match by scoring a last - ball six . He has one century and a hat - trick to his name . He is also one of the few players to score more than 4000 runs in the IPL . </P> <P> Sharma was signed up by the Deccan Chargers franchise for a sum of US $750,000 a year in 2008 . He was one of the leading run scorers in the 2008 IPL season with 404 runs at an average of 36.72 . He also held the coveted Orange Cap for a brief period . </P>

Total runs scored by rohit sharma in ipl