Rohit Sharma will create history in Sri Lanka: The Indian team is ready to make a splash on the Sri Lanka tour. Here a T20 and ODI series of 3 matches each will be played between the two teams respectively. The tour will start with a 3-match T20 series. The first match of the series will be played on 27th, second on 28th and third on 30th July. All these matches will be played in the same stadium located in Pallekele.
The ODI series will start after the T20 series. All the stars from ‘King’ Virat Kohli to ‘Hitman’ Rohit Sharma will be seen participating here. During the match, the eyes of the fans will especially be focused on the captain. Because if his bat hits here, he will achieve a special achievement.
Actually, if Rohit Sharma hits 6 fours during the match, he will achieve a special achievement. He will become the 13th batsman in the world to hit 1000 fours in ODI format. Currently, the 37-year-old batsman has 994 fours in his name in the ODI format.
Rohit Sharma’s ODI career
Talking about Rohit Sharma’s ODI career, he has participated in a total of 262 matches for the country so far. Meanwhile, 10709 runs have been scored from his bat in 254 innings at an average of 49.12. Rohit has 31 centuries and 55 half-centuries in his name in ODIs. Here, apart from hitting 994 fours, he has hit 323 sixes.
Selected batsmen of the world who hit most number of fours in ODI
2016 – Sachin Tendulkar
1500 – Sanath Jayasuriya
1385 – Kumar Sangakkara
1294 – Virat Kohli
1231 – Ricky Ponting
1162 – Adam Gilchrist
1132 – Virender Sehwag
1128 – Chris Gayle
1122 – Sourav Ganguly
1119 – Mahela Jayawardene
1111 – Tillakaratne Dilshan
1042 – Brian Lara
994 – Rohit Sharma