Rohit Sharma needs 87 runs to script new record, set to join Virat Kohli in elite club during ODI series vs NZ

Rohit Sharma needs 87 runs to script a new record and join Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid in the elite list during the upcoming three-match ODI series against New Zealand. The right-handed batter recently played two matches for Mumbai in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Rohit accumulated a match-winning 155 against Sikkim. He was dismissed for a duck in the next game against Uttarakhand. He will return to action against New Zealand on January 11.

Apart from Rohit, Virat Kohli also played two games in the domestic tournament. The legendary batter amassed a hundred in the first game against Andhra Pradesh and registered a match-winning half-century in the second match against Gujarat.

Rohit requires 87 runs to join the list of Indian players with 14000 List A runs. He has posted 13913 runs in 352 matches. He made his List A debut for West Zone in the Deodhar Trophy in 2006. He accumulated 31 off 47 balls in West Zone’s victory. He played his first ODI a year later.

Rohit was not consistent and failed to cement his place in the Indian team from 2007 to 2013. MS Dhoni’s decision to open the innings with him proved beneficial for Rohit, who became one of the best batters in the world.

Rohit has scored 11516 runs in 279 ODIs, including three double-centuries. Rohit led the Men in Blue in the fifty-over format from 2022 to 2025. India reached the final of the 2023 ODI World Cup and won the 2025 Champions Trophy under his leadership.

Sachin Tendulkar heads the list. He managed 21999 runs in his List A career. His last List A game for India was against arch-rivals Pakistan in March 2012. Sachin bid adieu to international cricket in November 2013.

Kohli has 16207 runs in List A career. He broke Sachin’s record during one of the matches in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy. He became the fastest batter to reach the 16000 List A runs.

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