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During the 1st ODI match between India and West Indies, former India captain Rohit Sharma, during the 2nd innings of the match, achieved a unique milestone as an opener and surpassed the record of Sachin Tendulkar in his 200th innings as an opener in the 50-over format. India are chasing a good total of 296 runs at the Greenfield International Stadium.
Rohit Sharma has answered all the critics in his last innings before this match as he scored a brilliant 138 runs off 110 deliveries at Lord’s Cricket Ground, London, and ended all the speculations of his retirement. In this innings, he also looked in sensational touch, but he failed to convert it into a big score after giving India a good start.
Rohit Sharma surpasses Sachin Tendulkar
Rohit Sharma achieved the milestone of having the most runs as an opener after 200 innings. He, with his flamboyant 32-run innings against the West Indies, has now scored 9897 runs in 200 innings as an opener, surpassing the record of the God of Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 9217 runs. This portrays the greatness of Rohit as an opener in white-ball cricket.
Rohit, in his decent innings of 32 runs, let the fans enjoy every bit as he struck two fours and three sixes. The former India captain would be furious, as he knew that he got the start and a big score was on his back, but he failed. He also has the second-most sixes struck against the Windies, with 38* sixes just behind AB de Villiers.
Most runs after 200 innings as an opener in ODI
9897 - Rohit Sharma*
9217 - Sachin Tendulkar
7870 - Sourav Ganguly
7669 - Chris Gayle
7564 - Saeed Anwar
7454 - Desmond Haynes
7147 - Adam Gilchrist
7051 - Virender Sehwag
6871 - Tamim Iqbal
6727 - Sanath Jayasuriya
Most 6s against WI in ODI
40 - AB de Villiers
38 - Rohit Sharma*
28 - MS Dhoni
Rohit Sharma eyeing major milestone in West Indies series
Before this innings, he had batted in 15 innings, scoring 727 runs for the Men in Blue in this format after the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. He has had an average of 51.92, with a good strike rate of 96.93. He now has 32 runs innings is 73 runs behind to score 12,000 ODI runs.
In 288 ODIs, Rohit has amassed 11,927 runs. He has smashed 34 hundreds and an ODI score of 264, which is a world record. Additionally, he is just 103 runs away from becoming the fourth opener to reach 10,000 runs in an ODI. The only Indian opener to do so is Tendulkar.
West Indies put up a good total
Coming to the match, West Indies were asked to bat first after a sensational first-wicket stand between John Campbell and Justin Greaves as the latter scored his maiden hundred on the day, playing a knock of 101 runs.
But a middle-order collapse put them on the back foot, but they recovered well, with Amir Jangoo and Roston Chase's stitching a 52-run partnership helping them post a good total of 295/7 in their 50 overs.
