We will not take our eyes off Rohit in today’s match, he will become only the fourth Indian to achieve such a feat:

News India Live, Digital Desk: The exciting ODI series being played between India and South Africa has now reached Raipur. Team India is leading 1-0 in the series after winning the first match and the second match (2nd ODI) is going to be held today at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium in Raipur. Although the fans are eyeing to win the series, but something more ‘special’ is going to happen in today’s match which has a direct connection with our captain ‘Rohit Sharma’.

Yes, our Hitman is standing at such a historic stage, where it is every cricketer’s dream to reach. And from that point only 41 runs are far away!

The mountain of 20,000 runs and Rohit’s roar

If Rohit Sharma scores 41 more runs today, he will complete his career in international cricket. 20,000 runs (20,000 International Runs). Just hearing it gives you goosebumps, right? This is a figure which requires years of penance and amazing consistency to reach it.

As soon as Rohit achieves this feat, he will do so fourth indian player Will become. Imagine, today our ‘King of Mumbai’ is going to register his name in the list in which there are legends like God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar, ‘Deewar’ Rahul Dravid and run machine Virat Kohli.

How has the journey been so far?

Currently, Rohit Sharma has a total of 19,959 runs in his name including all three formats (Test, ODI, T20). In the last match played in Ranchi, he played a brilliant inning of 57 runs, which clearly shows that he is in good touch. Now all Raipur fans have to pray is that their bat roars once again and this ‘magical number’ appears on the board.

If he scores these 41 runs, he will be the 14th batsman in the world to score 20,000 runs in international cricket.

Opportunity to create history against South Africa

Rohit Sharma’s record against South Africa has been excellent anyway. Whenever this team is in front, Rohit’s bat is on fire. Raipur’s pitch is also considered helpful for the batsmen, so it is expected that this evening we will definitely hear Rohit’s bat rising and slogans of ‘Rohit-Rohit’ being raised in the entire stadium.

What do you think? Will Hitmen be able to break this record today or will we have to wait for the next match? Do share your opinion in the comment box and get ready for the match!