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Rohit Sharma Joins India’s Elite 12,000-Run ODI Club
Rohit Sharma has scored 12,000 runs in ODI cricket.
ODI matches are one-day international cricket games.
He reached the mark while playing against the West Indies.
The match was India’s second ODI against the West Indies.
Rohit also scored a half-century in the game.
Only six other batters had reached 12,000 ODI runs before him.
Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli had already done it for India.
Rohit reached the mark in fewer balls than all but Virat Kohli.
Rohit Sharma became the seventh batter in ODI cricket to score 12,000 runs.
He reached the milestone during the second ODI against the West Indies on Wednesday.
Rohit scored a half-century as India pursued a target of 406 runs.
He reached 12,000 runs after facing 12,973 balls, making him the second-fastest by deliveries faced.
Rohit is the third Indian to reach the mark, after Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli.
- Who
- Rohit Sharma, an Indian batter.
- What
- He became the seventh batter to score 12,000 runs in ODI cricket and the third Indian to do so.
- Where
- In the second ODI between India and the West Indies; the article does not specify the venue.
- When
- Wednesday, during the second ODI against the West Indies.
- Why
- Rohit reached the milestone while scoring a half-century as India pursued a target of 406 runs.
Key facts
- Milestone
- 12,000 ODI runs
- Global ranking
- Seventh batter in ODI cricket to reach 12,000 runs
- Indian ranking
- Third Indian after Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli
- Balls faced
- 12,973 deliveries
- Fastest Indian to milestone
- Virat Kohli, after facing 12,853 deliveries
- Match context
- Second ODI against the West Indies; India was chasing 406
- Performance
- Rohit scored a half-century








