India captain Rohit Sharma on Tuesday turned the sixth batter from his nation and fifteenth general to finish 10,000 ODI runs. Rohit achieved the feat throughout India’s Asia Cup Tremendous 4 contest in opposition to Sri Lanka right here.
The India skipper hit a six off Sri Lanka’s Kasun Rajitha to finish the milestone within the seventh over of the innings, a day after Virat Kohli turned the quickest-ever batter to cross 13,000-run landmark in a report 267 ODI innings.
In truth, Rohit accomplished his 10,000 runs in 241 innings, which is second quickest ever after Kohli did so in 205 innings. The opposite Indians within the 10,000-run membership are Sachin Tendulkar (18,426 runs), Virat Kohli (13,026), Sourav Ganguly (11,363), Rahul Dravid (10,889) and M.S. Dhoni (10,773).
As the one participant within the historical past to have hit three double centuries in 50-over cricket, Rohit additionally holds the report for many runs in an innings or the very best particular person score- 264 in opposition to Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens in November 2014.
Rohit recorded his first ODI double ton in opposition to Australia in November 2013 when he scored 209. 4 years later, he smashed one other double ton in opposition to Sri Lanka, 208 not out at Mohali in December 2017.
With 30 centuries to date, Rohit is at joint-third with former Australia captain Ricky Ponting for hitting essentially the most ODI a whole bunch. He’s additionally third within the listing of batters with most sixes within the format.