
NEW DELHI: Hitman Rohit Sharma on Thursday achieved a significant milestone, reaching the 11,000-run mark in one-day internationals to turn out to be the second-fastest to the feat.
The skipper acquired to the file throughout India’s Champions Trophy opener towards Bangladesh on the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Rohit reached the feat in his 261st innings, putting him solely behind Virat Kohli, who achieved it in 222 innings. Batting nice Sachin Tendulkar did the identical in 276 ODI innings.
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The 37-year-old wanted simply 12 runs to attain the feat and achieved it with a boundary off Mustafizur Rahman within the fourth over of India’s chase of 229.
With the file, Rohit grew to become the fourth Indian after Sachin, Kohli and Sourav Ganguly and tenth total to get to 11,000-run mark
Fewest innings to 11,000 ODI runs
222 Virat Kohli
261 Rohit Sharma
276 Sachin Tendulkar
286 Ricky Ponting
288 Sourav Ganguly
After giving India a quick begin within the chase, Rohit was dismissed by Taskin Ahmed within the tenth over after cracking a breezy 36-ball 41.