India's Rohit Sharma a great ODI Opener

Rohit Sharma has opened in 108 out of 109 innings since then. He has amassed 5643 runs at an average of 60.03 and strike rate of 93.39. He has registered 20 hundreds (including three double hundreds) and 25 fifties during this period – this is a stunning record.

Overall, only Virat Kohli has scored more runs and hundreds than Rohit in this time period. Rohit is amongst the four batsmen who average above 60 in this period, behind Kohli, Ross Taylor and AB.

5672 runs in 111 innings at an average of 58.47 and strike rate of 92.96 including 20 hundreds. Rohit has the highest average for an opener in the history of ODI cricket (min. 2000 runs). He is followed by Amla (50.10), Tendulkar (48.29), Lara (46.08) and Dilshan (46.04)

Rohit Sharma is a six-hitter! He has hit 210 sixes in 190 ODI innings. Only Afridi, Gayle, Jayasuriya and Dhoni have hit more maximums in ODI cricket. But Rohit’s frequency of hitting a six (1.11 sixes in every innings) is the highest in the history of the format (amongst the 150 batsmen who have scored 3000 runs in ODI cricket).

Rohit Sharma's  frequency of scoring a hundred (every 5.55 innings) is also the best-ever amongst these 67 openers

Rohit Sharma has averaged above 50 in all calendar years since 2013 – i.e. in six consecutive years – such has been his consistency

India has won 37 of the 51 matches when Rohit has scored 40 or more opening the innings in an ODI in this time-frame

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Rohit Sharma  is the only batsman to register three double hundreds in ODI cricket