New Delhi | Jagran Sports Desk: Opening batsman Rohit Sharma on Sunday broke the record for scoring the most number of runs by an opening batsman in a calendar year. He went past the 22-year-old record held by Sri Lanka batsman Sanath Jayasuriya. The 32-year-old reached the landmark by scoring just nine runs in the series decider. Rohit is currently batting on unbeaten 34 in the match and now has 2409* runs across formats in 2019 while Jayasuriya had 2387. In the second ODI, Rohit had scored 159 runs to become the leading run-scorer in 2019.
Earlier in 2019, he had scored five centuries in the ICC World Cup held in England to become the first batsman to score five tons in a single edition of the tournament. In the previous, the stylish right-handed batsman went past MS Dhoni's record of scoring the most number of sixes at home.
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The third ODI is taking place at Barabati stadium Cuttack. In the match, India won the toss and opted to field first. As a result, West Indies set a target of 316 runs for chase. Nicholas Poorana and skipper Kieron Pollard scored 89 and unbeaten 74 runs respectively. Debutant Navdeep Saini scalped two wickets. For India, debutant Navdeep Saini claimed two wickets while Holder, Cottrell and Joseph scalped two wickets each.
In reply, an excellent performance from opening batsmen Rohit Sharma (63), KL Rahul (77) and skipper Virat Kohli (85 runs off 81) helped India win the match by 4 wickets. Ravindra Jadeja and Shardul Thakur contributed 39 and 17 runs respectively. Men in Blue have won their tenth straight bilateral series over West Indies. Rohit emerged as Player of the series.