New Delhi. In the first ODI against West Indies, Rohit Sharma played the captaincy innings in India’s 1000th ODI match. He scored 60 runs against this team in 51 balls and during this he hit one six and 10 fours. He opened the innings with Ishan Kishan and shared an 84-run partnership for the first wicket and gave India a strong start. Rohit Sharma was dismissed leg before by Alzarri Joseph. This was Rohit Sharma’s 44th half-century in ODI cricket.
Rohit Sharma breaks Sehwag’s record
Rohit Sharma reached number three in terms of scoring the most runs as an opener batsman in ODI cricket for India. He broke the record of Virender Sehwag who was third before him. Sehwag had scored 7240 runs in ODIs for India as an opener. Now Rohit Sharma went ahead of him on the strength of his 60-run innings and as an opener now has 7292 runs in his name. At the same time, the highest run as an opener for India is recorded in the name of Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin scored 15,310 runs for India as an opener. Ganguly is at number two in this case with 9146 runs.
Top 5 batsmen who scored the most runs for India as an opener in ODIs-
15310 – Sachin Tendulkar
9146 – Sourav Ganguly
7292 – Rohit Sharma
7240 – Virender Sehwag
6274 – Shikhar Dhawan
Rohit’s 10th fifty in ODIs against West Indies in India
Rohit Sharma scored his 10th half-century on his soil for India in ODI cricket against West Indies. In the case of most fifties against the Caribbean team on Indian soil, Virat Kohli is at number one with 11 fifties. At the same time, Sachin is at number three with 7 half-centuries.
Indian batsman who scored most fifties in ODIs against West Indies in India-
11 – Virat Kohli
10 – Rohit Sharma
7 – Sachin Tendulkar
6 – Rahul Dravid
5 – Sourav Ganguly
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