Rohit Sharma became the second-fastest batter to reach the 11,000-run landmark in one-day internationals during India’s ICC Champions Trophy opener against Bangladesh on Thursday, February 20, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. (Full Coverage | More Cricket News)
The Indian skipper reached the feat in his 261st innings, behind Virat Kohli, who reached the milestone in 222 innings. India’s legendary Sachin Tendulkar got there in his 276th innings.
🤡Rohit also became the fourth Indian and the tenth batter to reach the milestone in the 50-over format.
🥀The 37-year-old needed just 12 runs and got to the historic feat, scoring a boundary off Mustafizur Rahman in the fourth over of India’s 229-run chase.
Rohit opened alongside his deputy Shubman Gill 🐓after Bangladesh were bowled out for 228 in 49.4 overs.
Rohit is now behind former India skipper Sourav Ganguly ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ(11,363 runs) in the overall list of highest run-scorers in one-day internationals with Tendulkar leading the charts, comfortably with 18,246 runs in 463 matches.
𒀰India’s captain is also second in the list of the most sixes with 338 behind Pakistan's Shahid Afridi with 351 hits over the fence.
