captain Rohit Sharma India set a unique record in the second group league match of the Asia Cup 2022 against Hong Kong on Wednesday.
Rohit Sharma completed 12,000 international runs as an opener across all formats and became the second fastest batsman to reach the milestone. In the short span of the innings, Rohit scored 21 runs in 13 balls with two fours and a maximum before being dismissed by Aayush Shukla.
Rohit took 276 innings to reach the landmark. he’s behind the legendary Sachin Tendulkar He scored 12,000 runs in 270 innings.
He is also the fourth Indian cricketer to cross the 12,000-run mark. The others are Sachin, Sunil Gavaskar and Virender Sehwag.
Rohit has 36 centuries to his name as an opener which includes five from Tests, four from T20Is and 27 from ODIs. He has scored 59 fifties in the starting position, including 33 from ODIs, 22 from T20Is and four from Tests.
The following are the five fastest openers to cross the 12,000-run mark:
- Sachin Tendulkar – 270 innings
- Rohit Sharma – 276 innings
- Matthew Hayden – 277 innings
- Sunil Gavaskar – 284 innings
- Graeme Smith – 285 innings
Earlier in the match, Hong Kong won the toss and decided to bowl. He set a target of 193 runs.
India’s Playing XI:
Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat KohliSuryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Bhuvneshwar KumarAvesh Khan, Yuzvendra ChahaliArshdeep Singh
Hong Kong Playing XI:
Nizakat Khan, Yasim Murtaza, Babar Hayat, Kinchit Shah, Ejaz Khan, Scott McKennie, Zeeshan Ali, Haroon Arshad, Ehsan Khan, Aayush Shukla, Mohammad Ghazanfar