Indian captain Rohit Sharma has achieved a big milestone during the first ODI match against Sri Lanka. Rohit Sharma has completed 15,000 runs in international cricket as an opener. Hitman has become the third batsman from India to complete the 15,000-run mark in international cricket.

Rohit Sharma scored 58 runs in 47 balls with the help of 7 fours and 3 sixes in this match. Rohit Sharma has joined the special list of Sachin Tendulkar (15335) and Virender Sehwag (16119).

Indian batsman who scored the most runs in international cricket as an opener-

Virender Sehwag – 16119 runs

Sachin Tendulkar – 15335 runs

Rohit Sharma – 15000 runs

Sunil Gavaskar – 12258 runs

Shikhar Dhawan – 10867 runs

Rohit Sharma is the 10th batsman in the world to complete 15,000 runs as an opener

Rohit is the 10th opener batsman to complete 15,000 runs in international cricket. Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya (19298) has scored the most runs at the international level as an opener. The top-5 includes Chris Gayle (18867), David Warner (18744), Graeme Smith (16950) and Desmond Haynes (16120). Virender Sehwag is sixth in the list and Sachin Tendulkar is at seventh place.

Rohit Sharma broke David Warner’s record

Rohit Sharma has become the second fastest batsman in the world to complete 15,000 runs as an opener in international cricket. Rohit achieved this feat in his 352nd innings. David Warner reached the 15,000 runs mark in his 361st innings. Master-blaster Sachin Tendulkar is at the top of this list, who achieved this feat in 331 innings.

The fastest batsman to score 15,000 runs as an opener-

Sachin Tendulkar – 331 innings

Rohit Sharma – 352 innings

David Warner – 361 innings

Virender Sehwag – 363 innings

Graeme Smith – 368 innings

Alastair Cook – 374 innings