Rohit Sharma grew to become the second quickest batsman to attain 10,000 runs within the ODI format

Colombo: Indian captain Rohit Sharma grew to become the second quickest batsman to attain 10,000 runs within the ODI format.

Within the Asia Cup Tremendous 4 match in opposition to Sri Lanka in Colombo on Tuesday, Rohit Sharma crossed the milestone of 10,000 runs within the 241st innings of his ODI profession. Throughout the match, he performed an innings of 53 runs off 48 balls.

Earlier than the match in opposition to Sri Lanka, Rohit Sharma was simply 22 runs away from this milestone. He additionally scored a half-century in opposition to Pakistan on the identical floor on Sunday.

Rohit Sharma has change into the second Indian batsman to attain the quickest 10,000 ODI runs in simply 241 innings. Earlier, Virat Kohli had achieved the ten,000-run goal in 205 innings.

India’s legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar crossed the milestone of 10,000 ODI runs in 259 innings, whereas India’s personal Saru Ganguly scored 10,000 in 263 innings.

Among the many quickest 10,000 run scorers in ODI cricket, solely Indian cricketers occupy the primary 4 positions, whereas former Australian captain Ricky Ponting is within the fifth place, who accomplished 10,000 runs in 266 innings.