Rohit Sharma became the second-fastest player in the world after Virat Kohli to reach 11000 ODI runs on Thursday. The Indian captain also became the fourth Indian after Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Virat Kohli to reach this coveted milestone.
Starting the match against Bangladesh in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at 10998 runs, Rohit Sharma took his time in the first couple of overs, negating the outswingers and inswingers from Mustafizur Rahman. The right-hander finally lofted the left-arm seamer over mid-on for a four to reach his 11000 runs.
While Virat Kohli had reached the milestone in 222 innings, Rohit Sharma took 261 innings, followed by Sachin Tendulkar (276), Ricky Ponting (286) and Sourav Ganguly (288).
Notably, Rohit Sharma’s 11000 runs came in 11868 balls. Only Virat Kohli (11831) has reached 11k runs quicker than Rohit Sharma.
Indian cricketers in 11000-club in ODIs
- Sachin Tendulkar – 18426 runs in 452 innings
- Virat Kohli – 13963 runs in 285 innings
- Sourav Ganguly – 11363 runs in 311 innings
- Rohit Sharma – 11,000 runs* in 261 innings
Rohit Sharma is now placed behind former India captain Sourav Ganguly (11,363 runs) in the list of overall highest run-scorers in ODI cricket, with Sachin Tendulkar cemented firmly at the top position with 18,246 runs in 463 matches.
In the list of highest run-scorers in ODIs, Rohit Sharma is followed by former captains Rahul Dravid (10,889 runs) and MS Dhoni (10,773), with India having as many as six batters in an overall list of 15 batters to have crossed the coveted 10,000-run mark in 50-over cricket.
One of the most successful batters in the format at the top of the order, Rohit Sharma is also second in the list of hitting most sixes with 338 hits over the fence behind Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi (351). He averages nearly 50 in the format with 32 centuries and 52 half-centuries.
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