IND vs AUS 5th ODI: Rohit Sharma third fastest to 8000 ODI runs

Rohit also surpassed several big names including MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, by securing the third spot

Indian captain Virat Kohli (175 innings) and former South African cricketer and skipper AB de Villiers (182 innings) are on the 1st and 2nd spot respectively

Rohit Sharma also surpassed MS Dhoni’s tally of most sixes for India in ODIs. The Indian HITMAN now has 218 maximums under his belt

Rohit scored 59 off 89 balls before getting out stumped to Adam Zampa.

Indian vice-captain Rohit Sharma entered the record books on Wednesday.

The 31-year-old Rohit completed the milestone in his 206th ODI appearance and is joint third fastest to the milestone along with former India captain Sourav Ganguly.

Rohit Sharma completed 8000 runs in ODI cricket during the fifth and series-deciding match against Australia

After failing to score much in the first three ODIs, Rohit came back strong in Mohali and scored 95 runs off 92 balls with 2 sixes and 7 boundaries

Rohit was 46 runs away from notching 8000 runs in One-Day Internationals