Visakhapatnam, Dec. 6 -- Indian opener Rohit Sharma became the fourth Indian cricketer to complete 20,000 runs in International cricket. The other three cricketers are Sachin Tendulkar (34,257 runs), Virat Kohli (27,910 runs) and Rahul Dravid (24,064 runs) in the all-time international charts. Rohit continued his fine run in ODIs at 38 during his side's third and final ODI against South Africa at Visakhapatnam.

The 'Hitman' continued rolling back the clock as he has been doing since the Australia tour, smashing his fourth fifty-plus score in six recent ODI innings. He ended with 75 in 73 balls, with seven fours and three sixes at a strike rate of 102.74.

Now in 505 international matches, he has scored 20,048 runs at an average of 42.47,...