Despite his inability to stay on the crease for more than 58 balls, he was able to achieve a historic milestone for the Indian cricket team in international cricket.
Rohit managed to surpass the 17,000-run mark in international cricket for India thanks to his 35. In the process, he became the country’s sixth highest run-scorer in international cricket.
Only Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, and MS Dhoni have climbed Mt. 17k for India in international cricket. Rohit has now joined them on the elite list.
Sachin Tendulkar scored 34,357 runs in 664 games.Virat Kohli has scored 25,047 runs in 494 matches.Rahul Dravid has scored 24,064 runs in 504 games.Sourav Ganguly has scored 18,433 runs in 421 matches.MS Dhoni has scored 17,092 runs in 535 matches.Rohit Sharma has scored 17,000 runs in 438 matches.In the match, India was 129/1 at the break, with Shubman Gill scoring a half-century for the team.
For the first wicket, Gill (65 batting, 119 balls) and Rohit added 74 runs. During their 21-over stand, Sharma looked in good form, pulling Mitchell Starc behind square for a six and running well between the wickets.
The manner of dismissal was disappointing because left-arm spinner Matt Kuhnemann (1/20) did not bowl a wicket-taking delivery. Sharma could have hit it anywhere, but his uppish back-foot punch found Marnus Labuschagne, who was stationed at short extra-cover for that shot.
