Last Update: January 15, 2023, 3:35 PM IST
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Rohit Sharma has now overtaken de Villiers in the list of highest run-scorers in ODIs. He would now like to leave Adam Gilchrist behind.
Meanwhile, after Rohit surpassed de Villiers in Thiruvananthapuram, he is now expected to go past Australia’s Adam Gilchrist, who has 9619 runs to his credit.
India skipper Rohit Sharma has surpassed South Africa’s AB de Villiers in the list of top ODI run scorers. He achieved this feat by scoring 42 runs in 49 balls in the third ODI against Sri Lanka. He now has 9596 runs in 238 ODIs while de Villiers has 9577 runs in 228 matches in the 50-over format. While this is a great achievement for Rohit, he still has some competition from his own compatriot Virat Kohli The one who has more than 12,000 ODI runs and is sixth in the list which has big names like Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Kumar Sangakkara.
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Meanwhile, after Rohit surpassed de Villiers in Thiruvananthapuram, he is now expected to go past Australia’s Adam Gilchrist, who has 9619 runs to his credit. Ahead of Gilchrist is Mohammad Yousuf of Pakistan who has 9720 runs in ODI cricket.
Earlier, Rohit won the toss and elected to bat first in the third ODI against Sri Lanka here on Sunday. India Two changes were made as Hardik Pandya and Umran Malik replaced Suryakumar Yadav and Washington Sundar in the playing XI.
Sri Lanka also made a few changes, bringing in Ashen Bandara and Jeffrey Vandersay for Dhananjay de Silva and Dunith Velez.
India is leading 2-0 in the three-match series.
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