Overview

• Made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka in Dambulla on August 18, 2008, a date Chennai Super Kings commemorated with a tribute post on X
• Retired from Test cricket in May 2025 and ended his T20I tenure after India’s 2024 World Cup triumph to focus exclusively on ODIs and franchise cricket
• Became the fastest player to reach 10,000 ODI runs and has amassed 14,181 runs across 302 matches
• Holds the all-time ODI century record with 51 hundreds, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar when he struck his 50th at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium in the 2023 World Cup semi-final
• Career-defining innings such as an unbeaten 133 in Hobart, twin hundreds in Adelaide as captain, and an 82 at the MCG against Pakistan underline his impact on India’s cricketing culture