Rinku Singh Joins India's Elite Batters List

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India thrashed Zimbabwe by 100 runs in the second T20I of the five-match series in Harare.

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Batting first, Shubman Gill and co posted 234/2 after Abhishek Sharma smashed his maiden T20I ton off 46 balls.

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Later, Team India bundled out Zimbabwe for 134 with Mukesh Kumar and Avesh Khan scalping three wickets each.

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In this game, Rinku Singh joined India's elite batters list as he registered the fourth highest sixes in the last two overs in his T20I career.

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Rinku has hit 17 sixes in 48 balls. All these sixes came in the last two overs of a T20I match.

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All-rounder Hardik Pandya is at the top with 32 sixes in 193 balls.

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Star India batter Virat Kohli is second in the list with a total of 24 sixes off 158 balls.

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Former India skipper MS Dhoni is third in the list with 19 sixes off 258 balls.

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