Rohit Sharma made his much-anticipated return to international cricket in the primary ODI against Australia at Perth, marking his five hundredth appearance in international cricket. Despite scoring only eight runs before falling to Josh Hazlewood, this milestone placed him in an elite list of Indian cricketers to have achieved such longevity. He became the fifth Indian to succeed in the 500-match mark, joining legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, and Rahul Dravid.
The match also witnessed the return of one other Indian great, Virat Kohli, who unfortunately registered a duck, dismissed by the identical bowler. Each senior players’ low scores couldn’t overshadow the historic significance of Rohit’s milestone moment.
Chasing Recent Milestones in ODI Cricket
Rohit’s current tally of 11,168 ODI runs keeps him getting ready to surpassing former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who has 11,221 runs. He now needs just 54 more runs to turn into India’s third-highest run-scorer in One-Day Internationals. Over his illustrious 273-match ODI profession, Rohit has amassed his runs at a powerful average of 48.76 and a strike rate of 92.80.
Known for his effortless stroke play and talent to attain big lots of, the opener has notched up 32 centuries and 58 half-centuries, along with his monumental 264 against Sri Lanka still standing as the very best individual ODI rating in history. His consistency and dominance in white-ball cricket proceed to underline his place amongst modern greats.
Approaching Rare All-Time Records
Beyond ODIs, Rohit is on the verge of crossing one other elite landmark in world cricket. He needs only a number of more centuries’ price of runs to succeed in the 20,000-run mark across formats, which might make him just the 14th player in history — and the fourth Indian after Tendulkar, Dravid, and Kohli — to attain the feat. With 49 international centuries to his credit, Rohit’s next ton will even bring up his fiftieth international hundred, a record achieved by only nine players globally.
Amongst Indians, only Sachin Tendulkar (100) and Virat Kohli (80+) have reached that milestone. Despite the fact that his comeback innings was short-lived, Rohit’s growing list of records reflects his enduring excellence and monumental contribution to Indian cricket.
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