DUBAI: India captain Rohit Sharma achieved a significant milestone during the second match of the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 against Bangladesh here at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday.
Sharma entered the elite 11,000-run club in ODIs against Bangladesh in India’s Champions Trophy opener.
He also became the second-fastest player to reach the milestone in innings. Before that innings, Rohit Sharma required 12 runs to enter the elite club. He did it in style in his 261 innings, hitting the ball over mid-on in the third over.
His compatriot Virat Kohli is the only other player who has done it faster, achieving the feat in 222 innings.
Interestingly, with Sharma joining the club, the record for fastest batters to 11,000 ODI runs belonged to Indians—Kohli (222), Rohit (260*), and Tendulkar (276).
The milestone also placed Sharma in an exclusive club of Indian batters who have scored over 11,000 runs in the format, joining the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and Virat Kohli.
It’s worth noting that after today’s match against Bangladesh, Team India will face arch-rivals and hosts Pakistan in the much-awaited marquee event clash on 23 February.
Meanwhile, their final group stage match is scheduled against New Zealand on 2 March.
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammad Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy.
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