The article contains a highlight of Indian players with 11000+ runs in ODIs, including a recent milestone for Indian skipper Rohit Sharma.
ODI cricket has been started for not more than 50 years, and ever since the initial years, India has named themselves among the favourites, since they were only the second team in the history of the format to lift the World Cup back in 1983, defeating the two-time defending champions, the West Indies.
This marked a revolution in Indian cricket as players broke the shackles of red-ball cricket and evolved to be the best in limited-overs formats. Especially in modern times, past the 2000s, several great Indian players have made immense impacts in limited-overs cricket with their terrific records.
Among them, current Indian skipper and modern-day great Rohit Sharma registered himself as one of the greatest in the history of ODI cricket, as he became only the fourth Indian batter with 11000+ runs. He reached the milestone in the game against Bangladesh during the Champions Trophy.
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Top Players Fastest to 11000+ ODI Runs:
1. Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli, one of the most sensational cricketers in the world, has been the batter with the records of fastest 8000, 9000, 10000, 11000, 12000, and 13000 runs in the format. He tops the list, having reached the 11000 runs milestone in ODI cricket in just 222 innings of the 230 matches he played in his career spanning over a decade.
2. Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma might be having one of the most promising and longest careers in Indian cricket, but having made his debut in 2007, Rohit Sharma hardly played even 50 games for the Indian side till 2012. It was only in the last decade for India when he starred for the Men in Blue with 11000 runs scored over 269 games and 261 innings. The batter also has the third-highest ODI hundreds in the world.
3. Sachin Tendulkar
The God of Cricket, as he is often referred to, Sachin Tendulkar, completed his 11000+ runs in the ODI format back in 2002 after starring in 284 matches and playing 276 innings. Tendulkar was the first batter in the world to have scored 11000+ ODI runs and still remains the third fastest in the format.
4. Ricky Ponting
The only overseas player in the list, other than Indian players, is the legendary Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting, almost considered a batter with caliber next to Sachin Tendulkar. In his career in ODIs, Ponting scored nearly 13,704 runs, even more than his stats in red-ball cricket. He reached the 11000+ landmark with 295 matches and 286 innings played.
5. Sourav Ganguly
Legendary Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly was said to have reformed ODI cricket with his clean hitting capacity and was the fourth batter in the history of the game to score 11000+ runs in the ODI format and only the second for India to do so. Ganguly was a master batter in limited-overs cricket and remains the fifth fastest batter to reach the milestone in 288 innings of the 298 matches he starred for.
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