IND vs NED: India captain Rohit Sharma continues to stamp his authority as some of the profitable openers in International Cricket. The 36-year-old Sharma, who’s having one other splendid World Cup, is at the moment main India in their ninth clash of the event towards the Netherlands. The Indian skipper made a quickfire begin as he so often does now and went on to obtain a massive milestone.
In the clash towards the Dutch, Sharma turned the third Indian to rating 14000 runs as an opener in International cricket. He joins an elite record of Indians that includes Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag.
Most runs scored by an Indian opener in International Cricket
Virender Sehwag – 16119
Sachin Tendulkar – 15335
Rohit Sharma – 14025*
Sunil Gavaskar – 12258Â
Shikhar Dhawan – 10867
Rohit can be the eleventh participant in the world to rating over 14000 runs as an opener in International Cricket. Before him, Sanath Jayasuriya, Chris Gayle, David Warner, Graeme Smith, Desmond Haynes, Sehwag, Tendulkar, Tamim Iqbal, Alaistar Cook and Matthew Hayden have achieved the feat.
Most ODI sixes in a calendar yr
This was not the one feat he achieved in the match. The Indian captain is now the main six-hitter in ODIs in a single calendar yr. He overtook South Africa’s AB de Villiers in the record after he hit his 59th six of 2023. De Villiers is now second with 58 maximums in 2015.
