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Rohit Sharma Goes Past Sachin Tendulkar In An Elite List; Closes Gap With Virender Sehwag

Abhinav Tyagi

Rohit Sharma - (Source:@Johns/X.com)Rohit Sharma - (Source:@Johns/X.com)

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In the ongoing 2nd ODI between India and England at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has regained his lost mojo and brought his top game to Odisha. Notably, England, batting first, put 304 runs on the board, and India got off to a brilliant start courtesy of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill.

Notably, Rohit and Gill stitched a 100+ runs opening stand that put India in a commanding position. Further, talking about Rohit, he silenced his critics and slammed a 30-ball fifty to justify his place in the team. Rohit's knock featured eight fours and five sixes. 

Rohit Sharma Goes Past Sachin Tendulkar

With the knock, Rohit also scripted a plethora of records to his name. Firstly, he went past Chris Gayle in the list of most sixes and is now has 2nd most sixes in ODI. He is only behind Shahid Afridi in that list.

  • Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) - 351 sixes in 369 innings
  • Rohit Sharma (India) - 332* sixes in 259 innings
  • Chris Gayle (West Indies) - 331 sixes in 294 innings
  • Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) - 270 sixes in 433 innings
  • MS Dhoni (India) - 229 sixes in 297 innings

Further, the hitman also surpassed Sachin Tendulkar in an elite list. With the fifty-plus innings, Rohit has gone past Sachin Tendulkar in the list of most runs as an Indian opener in international cricket. Here is the complete list.

Most runs as an Opener (Indians)

16119 - Virender Sehwag
15350 - Rohit Sharma*
15335 - Sachin Tendulkar
12258 - Sunil Gavaskar
10867 - Shikhar Dhawan

Other records broken by Rohit Sharma

Most Sixes in ODIs

Rohit now has surpassed Chris Gayle and has the second most sixes in ODI history (338)

Most Runs by an Indian in ODIs

Rohit after a brilliant hundred now has 10987 runs as he surpassed Rahul Dravid and is now the fourth highest run-getters for India in ODIs.

Most player of the match awards in ODIs for India

Rohit now has the fifth most ODI awards won by an Indian player in ODIs (25), the list is dominated by Sachin Tendulkar with 62 awards.

Most hundreds in ODI history

Rohit has the third most hundred in ODI history with Virat Kohli leading at 50 centuries, followed by Tendulkar 49, and Rohit now has 32.