Rohit Sharma, the captain of the Indian men’s cricket team, scored 119 runs off 90 balls in the second ODI against England at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday. Rohit struck 12 fours and 7 sixes during his innings in his 50th ODI as India captain, helping the reigning world number one team chase down England’s set target of 305 runs in 44.3 overs by losing 6 wickets. The 37-year-old right-handed batter, one of the three Indian captains to win the ICC trophy, would like this third ODI to be another showing of spectacular brilliance.
Wedged between February 12, the finale of the home bilateral series between India and England, is set for Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. If during the last match of the home series, Rohit scores at least 13 runs, he will become the second-fastest batsman in the world to achieve 11,000 runs in ODIs.
Rohit, having scored 10,987 runs in the 267 ODIs he has played since making his debut against Ireland on June 23, 2007, in Belfast, is born of many records. Virat Kohli is the current record holder for the fastest 11,000 runs in ODIs; he completed this milestone in his 222nd innings of his 230th ODI match. Rohit, on the other hand, has batted 259 times in 267 ODIs to date.
Fastest to 11,000 runs in ODIs
| Player | Country | Innings to 11,000 Runs |
|---|---|---|
| Virat Kohli | India | 222 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India | 276 |
| Ricky Ponting | Australia | 286 |
| Sourav Ganguly | India (Asia) | 288 |
| Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 293 |
If Rohit scores another century in the third ODI against England, he will become the third Indian after Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli to achieve the 50-century mark in international cricket. Tendulkar finished his career with 100 centuries in 664 matches played across formats, whereas Kohli has 81 to his name in 544 matches to date.
In the second ODI against England, right-handed batsman Rohit Sharma surpassed the previous record of 331 sixes in ODIs set by Chris Gayle. He smacked at least 14 maximums on February 23, 2023, in Ahmedabad, becoming the leading six-hitter in the ICC ODI. After Afridi’s outlandishly outrageous performance in establishing the record for the most sixes in ODI cricket, we come to the current holder: the former Pakistan captain and legendary all-rounder who blasted 351 sixes in his 398 matches and 19-year-long ODI career.
