Rohit Sharma‘s form has been impeccable in recent years. For a cricketer who switched to opening a few years into his career, it is surprising that he has been so brilliant in the role. In this article, we talk about a statistic that proves that Rohit Sharma is one of the all-time best openers in International Cricket.
Rohit’s career changed after becoming an opener
When he started out, there was plenty of talk about Rohit Sharma’s talent. However, the Mumbai cricketer could not be consistent. Barring a few good knocks here and there, he just could not deliver on the big stage. However, after he became an opener across formats, Rohit’s form has hit the next level.
In 141 ODI games as an opener, Rohit has hit 7238 runs, while in 78 T20I encounters at the top, he has accumulated 2404 runs. In Tests, it is only recently that Rohit became an opener. Since then, within just 25 innings, the Hitman has scored more than 1000 runs as an opener.
Rohit is one of the all-time best openers in International Cricket
There were doubts if Rohit could open well abroad in the SENA nations. However, he has actually managed it well so far. The cricketer recently crossed 11000 international runs as an opener in International cricket. A statistic proved why he is one of the best in the history of the game.
Fewest innings to score 11000 international runs as Opener
241 Sachin Tendulkar
246 ROHIT SHARMA
251 Mathew Hayden
258 Sunil Gavaskar
261 Gordon Greenidge
267 David WarnerAdvertisement— Merin Kumar ™ (@merin_kumar) September 4, 2021
Rohit has taken only 246 innings to get to the mark, just five short of the record set by Sachin Tendulkar. Players like Mathew Hayden and Sunil Gavaskar have also taken more time to score 11000 international runs as an opener. It needs to be noted here that while the other players operated majorly in ODI and Test cricket, Rohit’s 78 innings as an opener are in the T20I format where a team has only a maximum of 120 deliveries to face.
