- Indian captain Rohit Sharma has shown signs of returning to form by scoring a stormy century in the second ODI against England. In this match played at Cuttack ground, he played a brilliant innings by thrashing the bowlers. Along with this, he has also achieved many big…
Indian captain Rohit Sharma has shown signs of returning to form by scoring a stormy century in the second ODI against England. In this match played at Cuttack ground, he played a brilliant innings by thrashing the bowlers. With this, he managed to register many big records in his name. At the same time, now Rohit Sharma is 13 runs behind achieving a special achievement in Ahmedabad. Let us know about this new record of Hitman (Rohit Sharma) through this article…
Rohit Sharma is 13 steps away from joining Virat Sachin’s club
The third and final match of the ODI series between India and England will be played at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad on 12 February. This will be Team India’s last ODI before the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. In such a situation, the Indian players would like to return to their form by performing strongly in it. However, in this clash, captain Rohit Sharma has a golden opportunity to achieve a special feat. If he manages to score 13 runs in the third ODI, then he will enter a special club of Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar.
can do this feat
Rohit Sharma’s ODI cricket career has been great. He has achieved many milestones by performing brilliantly in this format. Now he has an opportunity to register a big achievement in his name. If Hitman scores 13 runs in the third match against England, he will become the second fastest batsman to complete 11000 runs in ODIs. Rohit Sharma has played 267 matches so far. In these 259 innings, he scored 10987 runs with the help of 32 centuries and 57 half-centuries.
Will go ahead of Sachin Tendulkar
It is worth noting that former Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar took 276 innings to complete his 11000 runs in ODIs. In such a situation, if Rohit Sharma scores 13 runs on Wednesday, he will achieve this feat in 260 innings. Let us tell you that Virat Kohli had touched this figure in 222 innings. While Australian legend Ricky Ponting completed his 11000 runs in 286 innings. The fourth name in this list is Sourav Ganguly, who did this feat in 288 innings.
The fastest batsman to score 11,000 ODI runs
- Virat Kohli (India) – 222 innings
- Sachin Tendulkar (India) – 276 innings
- Ricky Ponting (Australia, ICC) – 286 innings
- Sourav Ganguly (India, Asia) – 288 innings
- Jacques Kallis (South Africa, South Africa) – 293 innings