ICC World Cup 2019: Rohit Sharma Breaks Sachin Tendulkar's ODI Record

Indian National Cricket Team openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan have provided a good start against Australia at the Kennington Oval in London. During that 100+ opening stand, Rohit leapfrogged legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar to score the fastest 2000 ODI runs against Australia.

Rohit breaks Tendulkar’s record

Meanwhile, India skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to bat first. Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma took time early on seeing off the new ball from Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc. They took very minimal risk focusing mainly on rotating the strikes. However, once Aaron Finch removed both the strike bowlers, it was Dhawan who cut loose first. He took on Nathan Coulter Nile to shift gears as Rohit Sharma joined the party soon.

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Eventually, things got eased out as the Indian batsmen started to dominate the Australian bowlers. They crossed the 100-run partnership in style and in the process Dhawan brought his half-century. On the other hand, Rohit Sharma crossed his 2000 ODI runs against Aussies when he reached the 37-run mark. He became the fastest player to get to the landmark taking 37 innings, against a particular team. The Mumbai cricketer overtook Sachin Tendulkar who reached the feat in 40 innings. Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Viv Richards are the other three batsmen to complete the top five.

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Rohit Sharma also becomes just the 4th batsman to register 2000 ODI runs against Australia with just Tendulkar (3077), Desmond Haynes (2262) and Viv Richards (2187) being the other players with this distinction against the current defending champions at World Cup 2019.

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Nathan Coulter-Nile finally broke the 127-run stand removing Rohit Sharma for 57 runs. The Aussie all-rounder finally breather a sigh of relief as he dropped a tough chance off Rohit earlier in the innings. Virat Kohli joined Shikhar Dhawan after the dismissal and looked to post a massive target.