Indian skipper Rohit Sharma becomes 6th-highest run scorer for India in ODIs
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skipper Rohit Sharma becomes 6th-highest run scorer for India in ODIs
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has surpassed former
batter Mohammed Azharuddin to become the sixth-highest run-getter for his
country in ODI cricket.
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has
surpassed former batter Mohammed Azharuddin to become
the sixth-highest run-getter for his country in ODI cricket. The
batter accomplished this record during India’s first ODI against Bangladesh at
Dhaka. With this, his ODI statistics stand at 234 matches, and 9,403 runs
in 227 innings at an average of 48.46. He has scored 29 tons and 45
fifties in his ODI career, with the best individual score of 264, which is also
the highest score ever in ODIs.
Azharuddin, who moved down to 7th spot, had scored
9,378 runs in 334 matches in 308 innings at an average of 36.92, with seven
tons and 58 fifties and the best score of 153. Other leading run-scorers in ODI
cricket for India are: Sachin Tendulkar (18,426), Virat Kohli (12,353),
Saurav Ganguly (11,221), Rahul Dravid (10,768) and MS Dhoni (10,599).