India captain Rohit Sharma has now become the highest run-getter in the T20Is and the right-hander achieved the feat during the first match of the series against Sri Lanka in Lucknow. Sharma has now crossed the 3300-run mark and is followed by Martin Guptill and Virat Kohli on the second and third position respectively.
India were off to a flying start in this first encounter after the openers Rohit and Ishan Kishan had put up a partnership of more than 100 runs for the first wicket. While Ishan had already notched up a fifty, Sharma was unbeaten at 42 off 29 at the time of writing.
India have come into the series on the back of a scintillating 3-0 win against West Indies while the Lankan Lions suffered a thumping defeat against Australia away from home. They lost the four-match series 1-4.