IND vs BAN: Rohit Sharma leapfrogs Azharuddin to become sixth highest run-scorer for India in ODIs

India captain Rohit Sharma became the sixth-highest run-scorer for India in One-day internationals on Sunday, December 4. 

The Mumbai batter surpassed Mohammad Azharuddin, who had scored 9378 runs in 308 ODI innings to claim the sixth spot. 

Rohit Sharma now has 9403 runs in 227 ODI innings. He scored 27 runs from 31 balls against Bangladesh in the ongoing first ODI of India’s tour of Bangladesh, 2022 to achieve this feat. 

The legendary Indian batter Sachin Tendulkar tops this list with 18,426 runs while Virat Kohli stands second in the tally with 12,353 runs in 254 innings. 

Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly occupies the third spot with 11,121 runs in 297 ODI innings while Rahul Dravid is fourth in the tally with 10768 runs. 

Former Indian captain MS Dhoni is fifth in the chart with 10599 runs in 294 ODI innings while Rohit Sharma follows him with 9403 runs. 

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Most Runs for Team India in ODIs

Pos	Player	Matches	Runs	Best	Avg	100/50
1	Sachin Tendulkar	463	18426	200*	44.83	49/96
2	Virat Kohli	262	12353	183	57.45	43/64
3	Sourav Ganguly	308	11221	183	40.95	22/71
4	Rahul Dravid	340	10768	153	39.15	12/82
5	MS Dhoni	347	10599	183*	50.23	9/73
6	Rohit Sharma	234	9403	264	48.46	7/58
7	Mohammad Azharuddin	334	9378	153*	36.92	7/58
8	Yuvraj Singh	301	8609	150	36.47	14/52
9	Virender Sehwag	241	7995	219	35.37	15/37
10	Shikhar Dhawan	164	6775	143	44.86	17/39

As for the match, Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bowl first. India is currently three wickets down with the scorecard reading 71/3 in 14.4 overs.  

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Bangladesh (Playing XI): Litton Das(c), Anamul Haque, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mahmudullah, Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Ebadot Hossain

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Sen