India captain Rohit Sharma on Thursday grew to become the second quickest batter after compatriot Virat Kohli to finish 11,000 runs in One-day Internationals throughout their Champions Trophy conflict towards Bangladesh right here.
Rohit is simply the fourth Indian and tenth batter general to achieve the mark within the 50-over format.
The skipper achieved the feat within the fourth over of India’s chase of 229 of their Group A match when he hit Mustafizur Rahman over mid-on for a boundary.
The seasoned opener reached the mark in his 270th sport, and is the second quickest behind Kohli to cross 11,000 runs when it comes to innings.
Kohli had crossed the 11,000-run mark in 222 innings whereas Rohit has introduced up that many runs in 261 innings. On this record, 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) within the record of general highest run-scorers in ODI cricket, with Tendulkar cemented firmly on the high place with 18,246 runs in 463 matches.
Kohli, who has 13,963 runs in his 299 ODIs, entered this sport solely 37 wanting turning into solely the third participant within the historical past to make 14,000 runs in 50-overs cricket.
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By way of most ODI runs, former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara is positioned second with 14,234 runs in 404 matches.
One of the profitable batters within the format on the high of the order, Rohit can be second within the record of hitting most sixes with 338 hits over the fence behind Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi (351).
Rohit averages almost 50 within the format with 32 centuries and 52 half-centuries.
Within the record 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 record of 15 batters to have crossed the coveted 10,000-run mark in ODI cricket.
