Rohit Sharma broke a long-standing record by surpassing Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi to become the batsman with the most number of sixes in ODI cricket. (Photo by AFP) NEW DELHI: India captain Rohit Sharma is on the verge of achieving a monumental milestone in international cricket. Ahead of the second ODI against South Africa in Raipur on Wednesday, Rohit is just 41 runs away from becoming only the fourth Indian to cross the 20,000-run mark in international cricket. If he achieves the milestone, he will join an elite club featuring Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid. Tendulkar leads the list with 34,357 runs, followed by Kohli with 27,808 and Dravid with 24,064.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SIGN UP NOW!So far in his international career, Rohit has scored 19,959 runs in 503 matches at an impressive average of 42.46, including 50 centuries and 110 half-centuries. His runs are spread across formats with 4,301 in Tests, 11,427 in ODIs and 4,231 in T20Is.
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Rohit has had a solid run in ODIs this year as well, scoring 561 runs in 12 matches at an average of 51.00, with two hundreds and three fifties, including a best of an unbeaten 121. Since leaving the T20Is after the 2024 T20 World Cup and stepping down from ODIs, he is now active in the Test cricket format in May. After the South Africa series, he is likely to feature in the ODI series against New Zealand at home.His recent form reflects consistency and purpose. During the Australian tour last month, Rohit hit a fifty and a hundred in the three-match ODI series. He carried that momentum into the first ODI against South Africa in Ranchi, scoring a fluent 57 off 51 balls.Rohit also broke a long-standing record during this match, surpassing Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi to become the batsman with most sixes in ODI cricket. Entering the match needing three sixes to surpass Afridi’s total of 351, Rohit reached the milestone in style and now sits on 352 sixes – achieved in just 269 innings, a full 100 less than Afridi’s.
