Overview
- Sharma became the fourth Indian to cross 20,000 international runs, joining Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid, and the 14th player globally.
- He hit the milestone upon reaching 27 in the third ODI, shared a 155-run opening stand with Yashasvi Jaiswal, and fell to Keshav Maharaj for 75.
- The BCCI publicly congratulated Sharma after he entered the 20,000-run club during the series decider.
- Multiple outlets reported he got there in 538 innings, which they described as the fastest by an Indian batter.
- Most of his tally has come in white-ball cricket with over 11,000 ODI runs and more than 4,000 T20I runs, and he is currently active only in ODIs.