Hitman can make this special record in IPL-2023, only Kohli and Dhawan have achieved this feat before this.

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Ahmedabad, 29 March 2023, Wednesday

The 16th season of the IPL will begin in Ahmedabad in the next two days. IPL-2023 will start with a colorful program. Although the first match of the tournament will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans, Rohit's fans are waiting for the first match of Mumbai Indians. In this season, Rohit Sharma can break many records and achieve many achievements. In the history of IPL, Rohit Sharma holds the record of winning the most 5 trophies under the captaincy.

The first match of IPL will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad

The first match of IPL will be played between defending champions Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Rohit Sharma is once again in charge of Mumbai Indians in this tournament. In this 16th season, Rohit will be eyeing a special record. So far Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan are the only two players who have made this record. Mumbai Indians' first match of this season will be played against Bengaluru on April 2 at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Rohit Sharma can break big records

Rohit Sharma has scored 5881 runs in the IPL so far and is just 121 runs away from reaching the 6,000 mark. Kohli and Dhawan are the only 2 batsmen in the history of IPL who have achieved this feat. Kohli has scored 6624 runs and Dhawan has scored 6224 runs. Apart from this, no active player has scored 5 thousand or more runs in IPL.

Rohit's IPL career has been brilliant

Rohit has played a total of 227 matches in each season of the IPL, scoring 5879 runs at an average of 30.30. Meanwhile, his strike rate is 129.89. He has scored 40 fifties and 1 century in IPL. Rohit Sharma's IPL best score is 109 runs.