NEW DELHI: Rohit Sharma became the fourth Indian batter to reach 20,000 runs in men’s international cricket on Saturday. He got to the milestone on the fourth ball of the fourteenth over of India’s innings during the third ODI against South Africa in Visakhapatnam.Keshav Maharaj bowled an angled delivery on off stump, and Rohit went on the back foot and pushed the ball to long-on for a single to reach the landmark.He joined Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid on the list.
India batters with 20,000-plus runs in men’s internationals
- 34357 – Sachin Tendulkar
- 27910 – Virat Kohli
- 24208 – Rahul Dravid
- 20000 – Rohit Sharma
Earlier, Kuldeep Yadav (4/41) and Prasidh Krishna (4/66) took eight wickets as India bowled out South Africa for 270, even as Quinton de Kock scored 106 in the third ODI.De Kock scored 106 off 89 balls with eight fours and six sixes. Captain Temba Bavuma made 48 from 67 balls with five fours. The other South African batters did not build on the start.Prasidh dismissed Matthew Breetzke (24) and Aiden Markram in the 29th over. Kuldeep took charge of the remaining wickets, removing the lower order.Kuldeep continued his run against South Africa in ODIs, recording his fifth four-wicket haul against them in the final match of the series.Kuldeep (11) also moved past former spinner Anil Kumble (10) and former fast bowler Javagal Srinath (10) to become the third Indian bowler with the most four-wicket (or more) hauls in ODIs.India were cruising at 90/0 at the time of writing this story.
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