In the second ODI match against Australia, Team India's opening batsman Rohit Sharma played a knock of 73 runs in 97 balls. His knock was laced with seven boundaries and two maximums
With this, he surpassed former skipper Sourav Ganguly to become India's third-highest run-scorer in the One-Day Internationals (ODIs)
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
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)

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