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Rohit Sharma touches 1000 runs in a cricket calendar, as the oldest captain-
Indian men's cricket team captain Rohit Sharma created another record as a batter in the ongoing India vs Bangladesh test in Chennai. At 37-year-144 days old, the opener has become the oldest captain to complete 1000 runs in a calendar year.
Sharma has played 3 ODIs, 11 T20Is and 7 tests in 2024 while scoring 157 runs in ODIs, 378 in T20Is and 466 in tests. In 2024, the Indian men's cricket team captain averages 41.70 across three formats while maintaining a great strike rate of 93.72 in the 27 innings he has played so far.
Rohit Sharma in Tests, this year
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From 13 innings, Rohit Sharma has gathered 466 runs, with an average of 38.83 runs. In the ongoing test at Chennai's Chidambaram Stadium, Rohit could not get going and only managed 6 & 5 in both innings. Despite the flop show, Sharma created the history.
Rohit scored two test hundreds and one half-century in the longest format so far. Sharma scored a stunning 103 against England at Dharmashala to guide India home before scoring an attacking 131 in Rajkot.
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The Phenomenal "Hitman"
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Captain Rohit Sharma has been phenomenal in white ball format with the bat since the 2023 World Cup. In 2024, he scored 1 T20I hundred, which came in the T20I series, against Afghanistan in Bengaluru.
Though his year did not start that well in South Africa, as a captain HE managed to draw the series 1-1. As a batter, Rohit kept his best for the 2024 T20I World Cup.
The T20I World Cup has seen him as a captain leading from the front, with the bat. He finished the tournament with the trophy and was the second-highest run scorer of the tournament with 257 runs in 8 matches with a strike-rate of 156.70.
Post the T20I World Cup success, India played a three-match ODI series, where he finished as the highest scorer of the series. Rohit scored 157 runs averaging 52.33, with a great strike rate of 141.44 However, India lost the series to Sri Lanka.
| Format | Matches | Runs | Average | Strike Rate | Highest Score | 100s/50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 7 | 466 | 38.83 | 64.63 | 131 | 2/1 |
| ODIs | 3 | 157 | 52.33 | 141.44 | 64 | - / 2 |
| T20Is | 11 | 378 | 42.00 | 160.16 | 121* | 1/3 |
| Overall | 21 | 1001 | 41.70 | 93.72 | 131 | 3/6 |
Players with more than 1000 runs in 2024
The Indian Skipper is ranked 5th in the list of top run-getters in 2024. Pathum Nissanka from Sri Lanka rules the list with 1164 runs from 24 matches. His teammate Kusal Mendis follows him in the list, with 1161 runs in 33 matches. Yashasvi Jaiswal (1099 runs) stands third, followed by another Sri Lankan Kamindu Mendis with 1028 runs. Rohit Sharma is the only captain in the list with more than1000 runs.