Team India skipper Rohit Sharma completed a huge milestone of scoring 10,000 runs in ODI cricket in the Asia Cup 2023 Super Fours match against Sri Lanka on Tuesday, September 12 by scoring 22 runs. Rohit, who has found some form in the tournament from the Nepal match onwards took a couple of overs before really going hell for the leather.
Rohit became the sixth Indian batter to achieve the milestone of 10,000 runs in ODIs and 15th cricketer overall. The list includes Sachin Tendulkar (18426 runs), Virat Kohli (13,024), Sourav Ganguly (11363), Rahul Dravid (10,889) and MS Dhoni (10,773). Rohit also became the second fastest batter to reach the milestone in the world, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record. Rohit is just behind Virat Kohli, who achieved the feat in just 205 innings.
Batters fastest to 10,000 runs in ODI cricket history
205 innings - Virat Kohli
241 innings - Rohit Sharma
259 innings - Sachin Tendulkar
263 innings - Sourav Ganguly
266 innings - Ricky Ponting
Rohit, who made his debut in ODIs in 2007, started to play regularly only after 2013 when MS Dhoni asked him to open the innings and he went on to become one of the best white-ball openers in the world.
Rohit, who was coming off fifties in the last two games against Nepal and Pakistan, smashed a third half-century in a row off just 44 balls to help India take another good start. Even though Shubman Gill got out after scoring 19, Rohit continued on his merry run having gotten a fantastic start on a dry wicket.
But Wellalage was too good as he dismissed all the top three batters including Gill, Rohit and then Virat Kohli. Team India went from 80/0 to 91/3 before KL Rahul and Ishan Kishan repaired the innings for their side.
