Twitter reacts as Rohit Sharma becomes 6th Indian, Overall 15th batsman to score over 10,000 ODI runs

Rohit Sharma became 15th batsman to score more than 10,000 runs in ODIs.

Rohit Sharma has been on a record-breaking streak in the ongoing Asia Cup. Taking on Sri Lanka at R. Premadasa Cricket Stadium in Colombo, he has touched another big milestone in his ODI career. Indian captain Rohit Sharma has now joined the legendary list of batters around the world. Rohit Sharma brought up 10,000 runs in one-day internationals in style as he launched an impressive strike over Kasun Rajitha’s head for a six. Rohit Sharma has now become the sixth Indian and 15th overall to complete 10,000 one-day international runs.

Rohit Sharma's special ODI milestone

Indian captain Rohit Sharma is now the second fastest to touch the 10,000 milestone in his ODI career as he took 241 innings, leaving behind most of the big games. Virat Kohli is the quickest batter to touch the 10,000-run milestone in just 205 ODI innings. Rohit saw a change in his luck when he was promoted as an opener in ODI cricket under MS Dhoni’s leadership in 2013. Fans went emotional as the Indian skipper joined the elite list of big names in international cricket and expressed their joy on social media.

Here's how twitter reacted to Rohit Sharma's feat:

So far, only six Indians have gone far enough to touch this milestone, and overall, 14 batters other than Rohit Sharma are part of the 10,000 ODI runs club. Sachin Tendulkar (18,426) holds the record for scoring the most ODI runs. Along with Sachin, Virat Kohli (13,024), Sourav Ganguly (11,363), Rahul Dravid (10,889), and MS Dhoni (10,773) are on this elite list from India. Rohit had the slowest start of his ODI career as he took 83 innings in 87 games to complete his 2000 runs. For the next 8,000 runs, he took only 158 innings, testifying himself as one of the greats.

Rohit Sharma has played 248 ODI games so far for India and has batted with a brilliant average of 48.91 and scored 30 centuries and 51 half-centuries. Rohit Sharma also touched a special milestone just an innings before in his career, as he scored his 50th half-century for India in ODIs. This milestone came against arch-rivals Pakistan in Colombo. Indian openers are on the roll against Sri Lankan bowlers in the power play and have scored 65 runs without losing a wicket in the first 10 overs. Rohit is marching towards another big innings in Colombo.