Rohit Sharma can go past Ganguly, Tendulkar in the Windies ODI series

After a dominant series win by 2-0 over Windies, team India now faces the opposition in the 5-match ODI series. While several records were broken in the longest format of the game by the Indians, there’s another approaching milestone for Rohit Sharma. The vice-captain of the side has a chance to surpass 2 of the greats of Indian cricket.

Rohit can go past Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar in terms of the number of sixes. So far in his ODI career, Rohit has struck 186 sixes. Ganguly has a record of hitting 190 sixes while Tendulkar hit 196 maximums. Going by the form Rohit showed in the Asia Cup, it seems certain that he will overtake the two former cricketers.

The opener currently stands 4th amongst the Indians for the most number of ODI sixes. The former captain MS Dhoni is leading the charts with 217 sixes. Overall, Shahid Afridi holds the record for the most number of sixes. The former Pakistani all-rounder has 351 sixes to his name.

The India-Windies series will feature 5 ODIs starting October 21. The visitors were blown away in the Test series and one might not expect them to come out hard in ODIs either. Rohit Sharma has been in an outstanding form in the format and he should surpass Ganguly and Tendulkar.

He is not too far away from Dhoni either. Currently, he is 31 sixes shy of Dhoni. With the wicketkeeper-batsman reaching the  end of his career and Rohit having plenty of years ahead of him, the latter has a great opportunity to lead the table amongst the Indians.

Most number of sixes in ODI cricket

Player	Country	Mat	Inns	Sixes
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	398	369	351
Chris Gayle	Windies	284	279	275
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	445	433	270
MS Dhoni	India	327	278	217
AB de Villiers	South Africa	228	218	204
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	260	228	200
Sachin Tendulkar	India	463	452	195
Sourav Ganguly	India	311	300	190
Rohit Sharma	India	188	182	186
Eoin Morgan	England	211	197	169

– Stats as of October 17, 2018