Indian openers were ruthless against Pakistan in Asia Cup 2023 Super 4 clash with a quick 100-run stand for the opening wicket on Sunday, September 10. Both Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill recorded brilliant fifties to give the Men in Blue a sensational start at Colombo's R Premadasa Stadium.
All eyes were set on Rohit who needed only 78 runs to reach 10,000 runs in ODIs and the Indian captain started impressively to reach this historic milestone. He scored a quick fifty but fell 22 runs short of reaching 10,000 runs in ODIs. Shadab Khan picked his valuable wicket to give Pakistan a breakthrough in the 17th over.
Most ODI runs for India:
- Sachin Tendulkar - 18426 runs in 452 innings
- Virat Kohli - 12902* runs in 267 innings
- Sourav Ganguly - 11221 runs in 297 innings
- Rahul Dravid - 10768 runs in 314 innings
- MS Dhoni - 10599 runs in 294 innings
- Rohit Sharma - 9978 runs in 240 innings
India also lost Shubman Gill in the following over by pacer Haris Rauf as Pakistan tried to make a comeback in the game. India's next batters Virat Kohli and KL Rahul produced an unbeaten 24-run partnership for the third wicket as India bat at 147 for 2 in 24.1 overs before the rain interruption.
Rohit missed out on the historic achievement but fans can now witness Virat Kohli reaching another milestone today. Kohli is only 98 runs short of completing 13,000 runs in ODIs and can become the only fifth cricketer in the world to achieve this unbelievable feat.
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
Pakistan Playing XI: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf
