The 45th and last match of the league stage of ICC ODI World Cup 2023 will be played between India and Netherlands. India, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand have already qualified for the semi-finals. India have won 8 out of 8 matches played so far in the tournament, so this match is not very important from Team India’s point of view, but the team will still want to reach the semi-finals with a win. On the other hand, this match is very important for Netherlands, because if Netherlands win this match then they will qualify for champions trophy.
However, this match will still be very important for the Indian fans as Virat Kohli will get a chance to score a half-century in ODIs in this match. Indian captain Rohit Sharma will also aim to create a record in this match to be held at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. In fact, Rohit Sharma is just 12 runs away from touching 14 thousand runs as an opener in international cricket.
As an opener, Rohit Sharma has scored 13988 runs at an average of 46.93 in 324 innings of 311 matches. During this time, 40 centuries and 71 half-centuries have come from his bat. The record for most runs as an opener for India is held by Virender Sehwag, who scored 16119 runs in 400 innings from 332 matches at an average of 41.54. Sehwag has scored 36 centuries and 67 fifties.
Second on the list is Sachin Tendulkar, who has scored 15335 runs in 342 innings of 346 matches at an average of 48.07. Rohit Sharma is third in the list of players who have scored the most international runs as an opener for India. If Rohit Sharma scores 12 more runs in the match against Netherlands, he will become the third Indian batsman to cross the mark of 14 thousand runs as an opener.
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