Rohit Sharma entered history books as he completed 1,000 Test runs as a captain during his impressive knock against England in the fifth Test match on Thursday. The Indian captain scored a brilliant unbeaten fifty to give India a promising start in their first innings on Day 1 in Dharamsala.
The Indian skipper has been in brilliant form lately after some low-scoring knocks in the first two matches in the ongoing series. He scored a century in the Rajkot Test and smashed a crucial fifty in the last match in Ranchi.
After bowling out England on 218 in their first innings, Indian openers produced a stunning start to take control of the match after Tea in Dharamsala. After scoring 13 runs, Rohit reached 1,000 Test runs as a captain and became the only sixth player in the world to reach four-digit number across all three formats.
The former Indian captain MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli are also in the list having scored 1,000-plus runs as captain across all three formats. Pakistan's Babar Azam was the last cricketer to achieve this rare milestone before Rohit.
List of players to score 1,000 runs across three formats as a captain:
- MS Dhoni (India)
- Faf du Plessis (South Africa)
- Kane Williamson (New Zealand)
- Virat Kohli (India)
- Babar Azam (Pakistan)
- Rohit Sharma (India)
The legendary Indian opener took the captaincy reins from Virat Kohli in 2022 and has been sensational with a bat across all three formats. He has scored 1,039 runs in 27 Test innings as a captain with three centuries and with his fourth fifty today.
Rohit also boasts impressive numbers in white-ball cricket as a captain. He has scored 1,648 runs in 54 T20I innings, the most by any Indian captain and has registered 2,047 runs in 44 ODI matches at an amazing batting average of 55.32 so far.
