During his knock of 35 within the first innings of fourth Test towards Australia, India captain Rohit Sharma turned the sixth Indian batter to finish 17,000 runs in worldwide cricket. Rohit was unbeaten on 17 runs at stumps on day two on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, and by scoring 4 extra runs within the morning session of day three’s play, he accomplished 17,000 runs in worldwide cricket.
He now joins an inventory of Indian batters like legendary Sachin Tendulkar, talismanic Virat Kohli, head coach Rahul Dravid, ex-captains Sourav Ganguly and Mahendra Singh Dhoni to get above 17,000 runs in worldwide cricket. (‘Acha Chalta Hu Duaaon…,’ KL Rahul Brutally Trolled After Shubman Gill Scores Ton)
Rohit made his worldwide debut for India towards Ireland in June 2007, and has since performed in a complete of 48 Tests (at the moment enjoying in Ahmedabad Test), 241 ODIs, and 148 T20I matches, through which he has scored 3348 (might bat in second innings at Ahmedabad), 9782, and 3853 runs, respectively.
Congratulations to #TeamIndia captain @ImRo45 on reaching runs in worldwide cricket  pic.twitter.com/CZ8vYpHmGe
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 11, 2023
He can also be the one cricketer on the earth to have scored three double lots of in ODIs. Rohit might have gotten extra runs within the first innings at Ahmedabad as he thwarted short-ball ploy of Mitchell Starc. But when he formed for an uppish backfoot punch off left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann, he despatched the ball straight to quick additional cowl within the twenty first over.
List of batters with 17,000 plus runs for India
Sachin Tendulkar
MS Dhoni
Virat Kohli
Sourav Ganguly
Rohit Sharma
Rahul Dravid
India have already retained Border-Gavaskar Trophy with victories in Nagpur and New Delhi, however would wish a win in Ahmedabad after the loss in Indore to get into World Test Championship remaining, to be held at The Oval from June 7-11.Â
