India captain Rohit Sharma on Thursday turned the second fastest batter after compatriot Virat Kohli to complete 11,000 runs in One-day Internationals throughout their Champions Trophy conflict towards Bangladesh right here.
Rohit is just the fourth Indian and tenth batter general to attain the mark in the 50-over format.
The skipper achieved the feat in the fourth over of India’s chase of 229 in their Group A match when he hit Mustafizur Rahman over mid-on for a boundary.
The seasoned opener reached the mark in his 270th recreation, and is the second fastest behind Kohli to cross 11,000 runs in phrases of innings.
Kohli had crossed the 11,000-run mark in 222 innings whereas Rohit has introduced up that many runs in 261 innings. In this listing, they’re adopted by the legendary Sachin Tendulkar (276 innings), Ricky Ponting (286) and Sourav Ganguly (288).
Rohit is now positioned behind former India captain Ganguly (11,363 runs) in the listing of general highest run-scorers in ODI cricket, with Tendulkar cemented firmly on the prime place with 18,246 runs in 463 matches.
Kohli, who has 13,963 runs in his 299 ODIs, entered this recreation solely 37 in need of changing into solely the third participant in the historical past to make 14,000 runs in 50-overs cricket.
In phrases of most ODI runs, former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara is positioned second with 14,234 runs in 404 matches.
One of probably the most profitable batters in the format on the prime of the order, Rohit can also be second in the listing of hitting most sixes with 338 hits over the fence behind Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi (351).
Rohit averages almost 50 in the format with 32 centuries and 52 half-centuries.
In the listing of highest run-scorers, Rohit is adopted by former captains Rahul Dravid (10,889 runs) and MS Dhoni (10,773), with India having as many as six batters in an general listing of 15 batters to have crossed the coveted 10,000-run mark in ODI cricket.
Published – February 21, 2025 03:13 am IST
