Rohit Sharma 300 sixes as an opener in ODIs: Rohit Sharma's dominance on the field continues and Hitman adds some record to his name in every match. In the second ODI against Sri Lanka in Colombo, Rohit first surpassed Rahul Dravid in terms of scoring the most ODI runs for India. After this, by hitting the second six of his innings, he completed 300 sixes in his career as an opener in this 50-over format. He is the first opening batsman from Team India and the second at the international level to achieve this feat.

Rohit Sharma completed 300 sixes in ODIs as an opener

Indian captain Rohit Sharma loves to hit sixes and in recent years, he has been seen adopting a blazing style right from the start. He hit his second six in the eighth over of India's innings in the second ODI against Sri Lanka and in doing so became the second opener to hit 300 sixes in ODI cricket. He achieved this feat in the 177th match of his ODI career as an opener.

You can make a world record in your name

In the ODI format, the feat of hitting the most sixes as an opener than Rohit Sharma has been achieved by West Indies legend Chris Gayle, who has now retired. Gayle has 328 sixes registered in his name while opening the innings in ODIs while playing for the ICC team and West Indies. At the same time, Rohit has also now achieved the figure of 300 sixes and he will definitely be seen playing till next year's Champions Trophy, because BCCI secretary Jay Shah has already announced that Team India will play next year's ICC tournament under the captaincy of Rohit. In such a situation, Hitman will have a golden opportunity to leave Gayle behind and become the opener with the most sixes in ODIs.

Talking about the second ODI being played in Colombo, Rohit Sharma has maintained the momentum of the first match and till the time of writing the news, he had completed his half-century in 29 balls.