India's newly recruited white-ball skipper Rohit Sharma will look forward to his first assignment in the three-match ODI series against West Indies in Ahmedabad. He has a chance to make it even bigger as he is on the threshold of scripting a new records by superseding the cricket great Sachin Tendulkar and Mohammad Azharuddin.
The 'Hitman' will have a chance to become India's second-highest scorer in One Day Internationals against West Indies. Rohit's current tally reads 1523 runs as he is just 51 runs behind Sachin, who stands second behind the table topper Virat Kohli who has garnered 2235 runs in a total of 38 innings that he has played against Caribbeans.
The other record that Rohit is after is of former India captain Azharuddin, who is just 179 runs ahead of him. If the 34-year-old manages to go past Azharuddin, he will become India's sixth-highest run-getter in ODIs for India. So far, Rohit has mustered 9205 runs while playing 220 innings and is sitting seventh on the list which is led by the Master Blaster Sachin who amassed a record 18426 runs, Kohli (12285 runs), Sourav Ganguly (11221 runs), Dravid (10768 runs), Dhoni (10599 runs) and Azharuddin (9378 runs).
Not just this, with his present tally at 244, Rohit needs just six more sixes to become the first Indian in ODI history to hit 250 sixes. He had previously left behind the legendary MS Dhoni, who still stands behind him with 229 sixes. Overall, Rohit will remain at the fourth position in the all-time list despite the feat, after Shahid Afridi (351), Chris Gayle (331) and Sanath Jayasuriya (270).
Meanwhile, Rohit has scored 3 centuries against West Indies so far. If he scores 2 centuries, he will become the second-highest century-scorer against the Windies, leaving behind Sachin Tendulkar (4 centuries). In this case too, Virat Kohli is at the first position. Kohli has scored 9 centuries in ODIs against the Windies.
India ODI squad: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan.
West Indies ODI squad: Kieron Pollard (c), Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, Brandon King, Fabian Allen, Nkrumah Bonner, Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Nicholas Pooran, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith, Hayden Walsh.
India T20I squad: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Surya Kumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Mohd. Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel.
West Indies T20I squad: Kieron Pollard (c), Fabian Allen, Nkrumah Bonner, Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran, Kemar Roach, Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith, Hayden Walsh.
india vs west indies series schedule:
February 06 (Sunday): India vs West Indies, 1st ODI - Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
February 09 (Wednesday): India vs West Indies, 2nd ODI - Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
February 11 (Friday): India vs West Indies, 3rd ODI - Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
February 16: India vs West Indies, 1st T20I - Eden Gardens, Kolkata
February 18: India vs West Indies, 2nd T20I - Eden Gardens, Kolkata
February 20:India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I - Eden Gardens, Kolkata
