- By Gurmeet Batra
- Sun, 19 Oct 2025 10:48 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
IND vs AUS 1st ODI: India's seasoned campaigner Rohit Sharma etched his name in Indian cricket history, becoming the fifth Indian player to feature in 500 international matches during the first ODI against Australia in Perth.
In his first appearance after seven months break, Rohit featured in the first ODI against Australia, marking his 500th international appearance. The 38-year-old joins an elite group of Indians - Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, and Rahul Dravid - in playing 500 international matches.
The highly anticipated series opener against Australia at the Optus Stadium in Perth on Sunday will mark the return of Rohit in ODIs for the first time since lifting the Champions Trophy on March 9 in Dubai.
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After the Champions Trophy final, Rohit has competed in the Indian Premier League (IPL), which concluded in June and since then has been out of action for months.
In 499 matches so far, Rohit has scored 19,700 runs at an average of 42.18, with 49 centuries and 108 fifties and a best score of 264.
Rohit needs 54 more runs to overcome former indian captain Sourav Ganguly (11,221 runs) to become India's third-highest ODI run-getter.
In 273 matches, he has scored 11,168 runs at an average of 48.76 and a strike rate of 92.80, with 32 centuries and 58 fifties and a best score of 264.
Just three more centuries' worth of runs, and Rohit will be the 14th player to complete 20,000 international runs and only the fourth Indian player to do so.
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With 49 international centuries to his name, his next century will be his 50th international cricket century, something only nine cricketers and only two from India, Sachin Tendulkar (100) and Virat Kohli (82), have done before.
(With ANI Inputs)