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Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion after scoring only 8 runs in his last match of the Indian Premier League 2025 (IPL 2025). Now, as soon as IPL 2026 started, his style seemed completely changed and he scored a half-century. During this innings, Rohit also made a special record in his name and left Virat Kohli behind in this matter. This inning of his was not only important for the team, but also proved to be a wonderful comeback gift for the fans.

In the second match of IPL 2026 and the first match of Mumbai Indians (MI), Rohit played his innings in a explosive manner. His brilliant innings caught everyone’s attention. The way he hit fours and sixes on the field clearly showed that he has returned to excellent form.

Rohit Sharma scored 50th half-century in IPL

The second match of IPL 2026 was special for Rohit Sharma. In this match, he scored the 50th half-century of his IPL career in 23 balls, which was the fastest half-century of his career. Earlier, he had scored a half-century in 25 balls against CSK in IPL 2015. In this match, Rohit Sharma scored 78 runs in 38 balls at a strike rate of 205.26, which included 6 fours and 6 sixes. Rohit is still at third place in terms of scoring most half centuries in IPL.

Most scores of more than 50 in IPL

• 72 times – Virat Kohli
• 66 times – david warner
• 53 times – Shikhar Dhawan
• 50 times – Rohit Sharma
• 45 times – KL Rahul

Rohit left Kohli behind

The record of scoring most runs against any opponent in IPL is now in the name of Rohit Sharma and that team is KKR. Earlier this record was in the name of Virat Kohli. Kohli has scored the most runs against Punjab Kings (PBKS).

Most runs against any opponent in IPL

• 1161 runs – Rohit Sharma vs KKR
• 1159 runs – Virat Kohli vs PBKS
• 1146 runs – Virat Kohli vs CSK
• 1134 runs – David Warner vs PBKS
• 1130 runs – Virat Kohli vs DC
• 1093 runs – david warner vs kkr

Biggest partnership for MI in IPL

• 167 runs – Rohit and Gibbs vs KKR, Kolkata, 2012 (2nd wicket)
• 163 runs – Dwayne Smith and S Tendulkar vs RR, Jaipur, 2012 (1st wicket)
• 148 रन – Rohit and Rickettson vs KKR, Wankhede, 2026 (1st wicket)
• 143 runs – Suryakumar and Tilak Verma vs SRH, Wankhede, 2024 (4th Wicket)