Rohit Sharma is in the form of his life and he continues to shatter records. After scoring run-a-ball 63 against West Indies in the final ODI which India went on to win by four wickets, Rohit broke the record of scoring most number of runs as an opening batsman in a calendar year.?
In doing so, Rohit Sharma broke the 22 year-old record of former Sri Lanka opener Sanath Jayasuriya.?
Prior to the match, the Mumbai batsman needed just 9 runs to overtake Jayasuriya's tally of 2387 which was achieved in 1997. He not only broke the record but also went on to score a pleasing 63 and added 122 for the first wicket with KL Rahul.?
When the Mumbaikar got out for a run-a-ball 63 at the Barabati Stadium, Rohit aggregated 2442 runs.?
The batsman scored 10 hundreds across formats and as many half centuries in the year, averaging 53.08 in 47 innings. Rohit went past the former Sri Lanka captain's record when he took a single off a?Sheldon Cottrell?delivery.?
Among the other notable openers, who had good seasons are Virender Sehwag (2355 runs) in 2008 and Matthew Hayden (2349 runs) in 2003. He is also at the top spot in the calendar run-scoring charts in ODIs with 1490.
This has been a good year for Rohit. He was the highest?subsequently took to opening in Test cricket by storm.?He scored 529 runs in four innings after making his debut as?a Test opener in the home series against South Africa.