During the Champions Trophy clash against Bangladesh Rohit Sharma came along with young Shubman Gill To bat after wrapping the Bangladeshi Innings at 228. He solidified his place in cricket history by scoring 11,000 ODI during the match. He became the 10th player in the world to achieve this milestone. Through a typical graceful overhead shot that flew over mid-on against Mustafizur Rahman Rohit Sharma established this remarkable achievement.
1⃣1⃣,0⃣0⃣0⃣ ODI runs and counting for Rohit Sharma! 🙌🙌
He becomes the fourth Indian batter to achieve this feat! 👏👏
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Sharma achieved this remarkable milestone in only 261 innings thus becoming the second-fastest after his teammate Virat Kohli reached it in 222 innings. The milestone achievement fell to Sharma even after Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 276 innings while Ricky Ponting needed 286 innings to reach there and Sourav Ganguly made it in 288 matches.
The achievement places Sharma in a distinguished position as one of the only four Indians who have accomplished this milestone after Tendulkar and Kohli and Ganguly while solidifying his place as a leading figures in Indian ODI history. His evolution into becoming a 11,000-run player is defined by his beautiful batting form alongside his potential to transform initial scores into monumental totals.