Rohit Sharma will make 5 big records in Sri Lanka: The Indian team, which arrived on the Sri Lanka tour, is eyeing the ODI series after crushing the host team in the T20 series. The first match of the series will be played on July 2 at the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo. In this match, all eyes will be on Indian captain Rohit Sharma.

Actually, after making India the champion in the T20 World Cup 2024, Rohit Sharma is ready to take the field for the first time. He was not a part of the recently concluded T20 series. Because he has retired from the most format of cricket with the end of the T20 World Cup.

In such a situation, fans will now get a chance to see him in only two formats. Due to which everyone is eager to see him play. He can also achieve some big achievements during the match, which are as follows-

1- Rohit Sharma is currently the 6th highest run-scorer in the ODI format for Team India. He has played 262 matches for the country since 2007 and has scored 10709 runs in 254 innings at an average of 49.12. If he scores 180 runs in the upcoming series, he will leave behind former captain MS Dhoni (10773) and Rahul Dravid (10889) in the ODI format.

2- ‘Hitman’ Sharma’s bat has always been in action against Sri Lanka. He has played 52 matches against the Sri Lankan team in the ODI format so far. Meanwhile, his bat has produced 1864 runs at an average of 45.46. If he scores 136 more runs in the upcoming series, he will touch the 2000 mark in the ODI format against Sri Lanka.

3- Rohit Sharma has opened the innings in 332 matches in international cricket as an opening batsman. Meanwhile, his bat has produced 14981 runs at an average of 46.52. In the upcoming series, he will achieve the charismatic record of 15000 as soon as he scores 19 runs.

4- Only 12 batsmen have hit 1000 fours in the ODI format so far. If 6 more fours come from Rohit’s bat in the upcoming series, he will become the 13th batsman to hit 1000 fours in ODI cricket.

5- Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag and Sourav Ganguly have hit more than 1000 fours in ODI format from India so far. As soon as he hits 6 fours in the upcoming series, he will be included in the list of legends like Sachin-Kohli. Currently, ‘Hitman’ has hit 994 fours in 262 ODI matches.

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