IND vs SL ODI Series: The first match of the ODI series between India and Sri Lanka was played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, which ended in a tie. During the entire match, the game seemed to be going in favor of one team many times, but in the end no team could win. But captain Rohit Sharma, who returned to captaincy after a long break, played a brilliant innings in this match. He also made a big record in international cricket during this innings and made his place in a special list of legends.
Rohit's big feat in international cricketIn fact, Rohit Sharma touched the mark of 15000 runs as an opener in international cricket during his innings of 58 runs in the match against Sri Lanka. Rohit Sharma became the third opening batsman from India to touch the 15,000 run mark in international cricket, as well as he also became the second fastest batsman to score 15,000 runs as an opener. He did this feat in the 352nd innings. Before Rohit Sharma, Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar have done this feat for India.
Most runs as an Indian opener- 16119 runs – Virender Sehwag
- 15335 runs – Sachin Tendulkar
- 15039 runs – Rohit Sharma
- 12258 runs – Sunil Gavaskar
- 10867 runs – Shikhar Dhawan
Equalled this record of SachinRohit Sharma has equalled Sachin Tendulkar in terms of scoring the most 50+ scores in international cricket. This was Rohit Sharma's 120th score of more than 50 in international cricket as an opener. Sachin too had scored more than 50 120 times in his career as an opener. At the same time, Australia's David Warner is at the top of this list with 146 scores of more than 50 in an innings. On the other hand, as a captain, Rohit has hit 234 international sixes so far. He is the first captain in the world to do so. He has left behind former England cricket team captain Eoin Morgan. He has hit 233 sixes as a captain in international cricket.