Blast into the world of cricket! 'Hitman' Rohit Sharma overtakes Ganguly, becomes the third player to do so after Sachin and Virat

“Hitman” Rohit Sharma has created history in One Day International cricket. He has now become India’s third most successful ODI batsman after Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli. Rohit Sharma batted in the second ODI against Australia at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday and entertained the crowd with a barrage of fours and sixes. Rohit Sharma was out after scoring 73 runs on 97 balls. “Hitman” hit seven fours and two sixes in this period. “Hitman” broke Ganguly’s great record. By scoring 46 runs in this ODI, Rohit Sharma broke a great record of former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly. Rohit Sharma has now become India’s third most successful ODI batsman. Rohit Sharma has now become the third highest run-scorer for India in one-day international cricket, surpassing Sourav Ganguly. Rohit Sharma has so far scored 11,249 runs in 275 ODIs for India at an average of 48.69, which includes three double centuries, 32 hundreds and 59 half-centuries. During this period his best score was 264 runs. Only Sachin and Virat are ahead of Rohit. Sourav Ganguly played 308 ODIs for India, scoring 11,221 runs at an average of 40.95. Sachin Tendulkar is the leading run-scorer for India in ODI cricket with 18,426 runs. Virat Kohli is in second place. Virat Kohli has scored 14,181 runs for India in ODI cricket. Sachin Tendulkar has 49 hundreds to his name in ODI cricket, while Virat Kohli has 51 hundreds to his name. Rohit Sharma currently has 32 hundreds to his name in ODI cricket. Batsmen who scored most runs in ODI for India 1. Sachin Tendulkar – 18426 runs 2. Virat Kohli – 14181 runs 3. Rohit Sharma – 11249 runs 4. Sourav Ganguly – 11221 runs 5. Rahul Tag Dravid – 1076 runs