IND vs AUS 1st ODI: Rohit Sharma to play 500th international match in Perth, join rare club of legends in horic feat | Cricket News

Rohit Sharma will make his return to international cricket after seven months, with a horic landmark attached to his name when he takes the field for India against world champions Australia during the first ODI at the Optus Stadium in Perth on Sunday.
The 38-year-old Rohit will be slated to feature in his 500th international match across formats, 18 years since his first appearance for the Men in Blue in an ODI in Ireland in June 2007.
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Rohit will only be the 11th man in hory to appear in 500 international matches and the fifth Indian to achieve the feat after the legendary Sachin Tendulkar (664), Virat Kohli (550), MS Dhoni (538), and Rahul Dravid (509). Rohit will be the second-oldest man from the club to reach the 500-match mark at 38 years and 171 days, behind Dravid (38y 241d).
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In his 499 career matches to date, Rohit has notched up 49 centuries and 108 fifties, contributing to a total of 19,700 runs at an average of 42.18. His remarkable top score remains 264.

Second-longest ODI career
Rohit would have completed over 18 years in ODI cricket when he makes the playing XI today for the first time under Shubman Gill’s captaincy, making it the second-longest men’s one-day career among all Indians, only behind Tendulkar, who tops the charts with a career span of 22 years and 91 days.
Rohit is also on the cusp of breaking several other records in Australia, where he remains India’s highest run-getter against the hosts in all ODI cricket. The Mumbaikar is only 10 runs away from becoming the fifth visiting batter to record 1000 ODI runs against the Aussies Down Under, with his four centuries ranked the highest among all of them.
Rohit also requires only eight sixes to break Shahid Afridi’s record for the most maximums in ODI cricket and concurrently become the highest six-hitter in all formats. The Hitman is also only 300 runs short of becoming the fourth Indian after Tendulkar, Kohli and Dravid to complete 20,000 international runs.Story continues below this ad
Most International matches

Player
Span
Mat
Runs
Ave
100
Wkts
Ct
St

Sachin Tendulkar (IND)
1989-2013
664
34357
48.52
100
201
256
0

Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
1997-2015
652
25957
39.15
54
14
440
0

Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
2000-2015
594
28016
46.77
63
0
609
139

Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
1989-2011
586
21032
34.14
42
440
205
0

Ricky Ponting (AUS)
1995-2012
560
27483
45.95
71
8
364
0

Virat Kohli (IND)
2008-2025
550
27599
52.27
82
9
336
0

MS Dhoni (IND)
2004-2019
538
17266
44.96
16
1
634
195

Shahid Afridi (PAK)
1996-2018
524
11196
23.92
11
541
167
0

Jacques Kallis (SA)
1995-2014
519
25534
49.1
62
577
338
0

Rahul Dravid (IND)
1996-2012
509
24208
45.41
48
5
406
14

Rohit Sharma (IND)
2007-2025
500*
19700
42.18
49
12
230
0