Rohit scores fastest 2000 runs vs Australia

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Rohit scores fastest 2000 runs vs Australia
Rohit Shamra got his 2000 ODI runs against Australia in 37th innings.

London - Sachin took 51 innings to reach the milestone while Haynes and Richards took 59 and 45 innings

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Published: Sun 9 Jun 2019, 5:44 PM

Last updated: Sun 9 Jun 2019, 7:49 PM

London
Indian opener Rohit Sharma on Sunday joined the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Viv Richards and Desmond Haynes in an elite list of cricketers as he became the 4th player to aggregate 2000 runs in ODIs against Australia.

Rohit, who is presently playing his 37th innings against Australia, has become the fastest among all to score 2000 runs against the defending world champions. He in the process, also surpassed Sachin as the fastest Indian to the milestone.
Sachin took 51 innings to reach the milestone while Haynes and Richards took 59 and 45 innings, respectively. As soon as the opener collected 20 runs in the ongoing contest between India and Australia at the 2019 World Cup here, Rohit scripted his name in history books.
Rohit has a total of 23 centuries and 41 half-centuries in ODIs so far.



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