Rohit Sharma marked his return to ODIs with a record-breaking milestone during India's first ODI match against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Friday. Rohit started India's innings with a six and four in the first over after Sri Lanka posted a 230-run total while batting first.
The veteran opener entered the history book after smashing his third six of the innings. He broke the former England leader Eoin Morgan's all-time record for most sixes as a captain in international cricket. Rohit now boasts 234 sixes in just 134 innings as a captain in international cricket. The former Indian captain MS Dhoni is third and last in the list with over 200 sixes in international cricket as a skipper.
Most sixes as a captain in international cricket
- Rohit Sharma - 234 sixes in 134 innings
- Eoin Morgan - 233 sixes in 180 innings
- MS Dhoni - 211 sixes in 330 innings
- Ricky Ponting - 171 sixes in 376 innings
- Brendon McCullum - 170 sixes in 140 innings
Meanwhile, after scoring 19 runs, Rohit completed 15,000 runs as an opener in international cricket. He joined Indian veterans Virender Sehwag (16,119) and Sachin Tendulkar (15,335) to become the overall tenth cricketer with over 15,000 runs as an opener in international cricket.
The veteran Indian skipper also finished his record-laden innings by completing 1,000 fours in 50-over cricket. He became the only fifth Indian cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag and Sourav Ganguly to record over 1000 fours in ODIs.
Rohit top-scored with 58 runs off 47 balls with the help of three sixes and seven fours to put India in a dominant position to record an easy win. But the Indian cricket team witnessed an embarrassing collapse from 75/0 to 132/5. The Sri Lankan spinner made a stunning comeback to bowl out India's innings to 230 in 47.5 overs and tied the game.
