Rohit Sharma became the sixth Indian to score 10 thousand runs in ODIs
Indian captain Rohit Sharma has completed his 10 thousand runs in ODI cricket in the match against Sri Lanka. He has become the sixth Indian to do so. Before him, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli have achieved this feat. Rohit has so far scored more than 10 thousand runs in 241 ODI innings at an average of 49 and a strike rate of 90. During this time he has scored 30 centuries and 50 half-centuries.
In the match against Sri Lanka, Rohit Sharma needed to score only 22 runs and he achieved this feat easily. India’s last match in the Asia Cup was against Pakistan. In this match, Virat Kohli scored 122 runs unbeaten and completed his 13 thousand runs in ODI cricket. Now Rohit Sharma has become 10 thousand run scorer. Rohit scored a brilliant half-century in the match against Pakistan. With this he completed his half century in ODIs. Now one more achievement has been registered in his name.
Rohit Sharma has become the second fastest Indian batsman after Virat Kohli to reach 10,000 runs in ODI cricket. Virat Kohli achieved this feat in an ODI against West Indies in Visakhapatnam in 2018. Virat Kohli completed his 10 thousand ODI runs in 205 innings. Rohit Sharma made this record in his 241st innings.
Rohit Sharma achieved this feat at a special time, as it was his 50th ODI against Sri Lanka. Rohit, who made his ODI debut in 2007, is among the ODI veterans with 30 centuries including three double centuries and 50 half-centuries.
