{"id":174832,"date":"2025-12-22T14:37:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T09:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=174832"},"modified":"2025-12-22T14:37:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T09:07:36","slug":"rohit-sharma-overtakes-ganguly-as-indias-3rd-highest-odi-run-scorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/rohit-sharma-overtakes-ganguly-as-indias-3rd-highest-odi-run-scorer\/","title":{"rendered":"Rohit Sharma Overtakes Ganguly as India\u2019s 3rd-Highest ODI Run Scorer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Indian cricket captain Rohit Sharma has added another milestone to his illustrious career, surpassing Sourav Ganguly to become India\u2019s third-highest run-scorer in One Day Internationals (ODIs). The record-breaking moment came during his 73-run knock against Australia in the second ODI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now in 275 ODIs and 267 innings, Rohit has scored 11,249 runs at an average of 48.69, with 32 centuries and 59 fifties and a best score of 264. He has overtaken Ganguly, who made 11,121 runs in 308 matches at an average of 40.95, with 22 centuries and 71 fifties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the top is Sachin Tendulkar (18,426 runs in 463 matches with 49 centuries), followed by Virat Kohli (14,181 runs in 304 games with 51 centuries).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Composed Innings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In contrast to his usual explosive approach, Rohit played a measured innings, scoring 73 off 97 balls at a strike rate of 75.26, including 7 fours and 2 sixes. His patience in building the innings paid off, highlighting his adaptability under pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Career Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Best Score<\/strong>: 264 vs Sri Lanka \u2013 highest individual score in ODI history<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>32 ODI Centuries \u2013 third-most by an Indian after Kohli and Tendulkar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>59 Fifties \u2013 consistently anchoring India\u2019s top order<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian cricket captain Rohit Sharma has added another milestone to his illustrious career, surpassing Sourav Ganguly to become India\u2019s third-highest run-scorer in One Day Internationals (ODIs). The record-breaking moment came during his 73-run knock against Australia in the second ODI. Now in 275 ODIs and 267 innings, Rohit has scored 11,249 runs at an average [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":174833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5379],"tags":[59],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-174832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-october-2025","tag-sports-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174834,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174832\/revisions\/174834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174832"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=174832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}