IND vs SL ODI Series / Rohit Sharma equals Chris Gayle in hitting sixes, now only behind Shahid Afridi

IND vs SL ODI Series: Sri Lanka defeated the Indian team by 110 runs in the third ODI. In this match, the bowlers and batsmen could not perform well for India. Due to this, the team had to face defeat. India lost the series 0-2 as soon as it lost the third ODI. Rohit Sharma batted brilliantly for India from the beginning of the innings. But he could not play a big innings. Still, he has equaled Chris Gayle in a special case.

Rohit Sharma hit 331 sixes in ODI cricket

Rohit Sharma scored 35 runs in 20 balls in the third ODI against Sri Lanka, which included 6 fours and a six. With this, he has reached the joint second position in terms of hitting the most sixes in ODI cricket. He has equaled Chris Gayle. Both these batsmen have 331-331 sixes in ODI cricket. Now only Pakistan's Shahid Afridi is ahead of Rohit. He has hit 351 sixes in ODI cricket. He is also the player who has hit the most sixes in ODI.

Players who have hit the most sixes in ODI cricket:

• Shahid Afridi - 351
• Rohit Sharma - 331
• Chris Gayle - 331
• Sanath Jayasuriya - 270
• MS Dhoni - 229
• Eoin Morgan - 220

Became the fourth Indian batsman to do so

Rohit Sharma has completed two thousand runs in ODI cricket against Sri Lanka as soon as he played an innings of 35 runs. He has become the fourth Indian batsman to score more than two thousand ODI runs against Sri Lanka. Before him Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Mahendra Singh have done so. Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most ODI runs against Sri Lanka for India. He has scored 3113 runs.

Indian batsmen who scored the most runs against Sri Lanka:

• Sachin Tendulkar- 3113
• Virat Kohli- 2652
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni- 2383
• Rohit Sharma- 2021