The match may have been tied but Team India's Hitman performed brilliantly and equaled the record of Master Blaster

Rohit Sharma Records: The first ODI match between India and Sri Lanka was sure to be a tie, but Indian captain Rohit Sharma once again won everyone's heart with his aggressive batting. He once again attacked the bowlers in the powerplay. He played a brilliant innings of 58 runs with the help of 7 fours and 3 towering sixes in 47 balls. On the basis of this innings, Hitman has equaled the record of Sachin Tendulkar, who is called the God of Cricket, as an opener and he has also touched the figure of 15000 runs in international cricket.

This is Rohit Sharma's 120th 50 over score as an opener in international cricket. Along with this, he has compared Sachin Tendulkar in terms of scoring more than 50 runs from the start of the innings. Sachin also scored more than 50 runs 120 times in his career as an opener. This world record is in the name of Australia's David Warner, who scored more than 50 runs in an innings a record 146 times in his career.

Rohit Sharma became 15 thousander

Rohit Sharma's innings of 58 runs has made him the 10th player in the world and the third player from India to reach 15,000 runs as an opener in international cricket. Before Hitman, Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar have achieved this feat.

In the list of players who have scored 15,000 international runs, Rohit Sharma comes second after Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin achieved this feat in 331 innings and Hitman in 352 innings.

15 thousand international runs in the least number of innings as an opener

331 – Sachin Tendulkar

352- Rohit Sharma

361-David Warner

363- Virender Sehwag

368- Graeme Smith

374-Alistair Cook

Rohit missed breaking Rahul Dravid's record by 1 run

Rohit Sharma is one run away from surpassing former coach Rahul Dravid in terms of scoring the most runs in ODI cricket. If the Hitman had managed to do so, he would have become the fourth highest run-scorer for India in ODI cricket. Rohit is currently at the 5th position with 10767 runs. Rahul Dravid is at the fourth position with 10768 runs. In this list, Sachin Tendulkar is at the first position with 18426 runs, Virat Kohli is at the second position with 13872 runs and Sourav Ganguly is at the third position with 11221 runs.