Rohit Sharma & Dhawan 6 runs away from emulating Tendulkar, Ganguly's ODI milestone

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Rohit Sharma & Dhawan 6 runs away from emulating Tendulkar, Ganguly's ODI milestone

July 12th 2022, 4:00:00 pm

Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan measure expected to come back as India's gap combine in their initial ODI against England on 12 July (Tuesday). and that they can have an opportunity to emulate Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly's significant achievements.

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Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan measure among India's most triple-crown gap pairs in restricted overs cricket and they square measure expected to come back at the highest of the order after they face England within the initial ODI on Tuesday. The combine hasn't usually contended along within the recent past, for the most part, thanks to Dhawan losing his place within the T20I squad and therefore the reduction within the variety of ODIs that India plays.

The combine was for the higher a part of the last decade among the top formidable openers in restricted overs cricket and fashioned part of a powerhouse high 3, with a raiding Virat Kohli walking in at No.3. Rohit and Dhawan square measure India's second most prolific gap partnership in ODIs, solely behind batting greats Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly.

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Rohit and Dhawan also are simply six runs removed from turning into the second Indian gap combined to attain 5000 runs between them. Ganguly and Tendulkar had scored 6609 in 136 innings whereas Dhawan and Rohit square measure on 4994 runs in 111 innings. they'd conjointly become the fourth player to achieve the mark overall once-legendary archipelago gap combine of Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes (5150 runs in 102 innings) and Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden (5472 runs in 114 innings).

Ganguly and Tendulkar's square measure the sole openers to possess a lot of century stands than Rohit and Dhawan. they're conjointly the foremost prolific gap partnership within the history of ODI cricket overall.

India faces England within the initial of a three-match ODI series on Tuesday. whereas the primary match is about to be content at the Oval, the second is content at the Lord's on Thursday. The series then ends on Sunday at recent Trafford in Manchester. It conjointly marks the tip of India's tour of England, which started with their deferred fifth check at Edgbaston achievements

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