Raipur, Dec. 2 -- Former Indian captain Rohit Sharma is poised to become only the fourth Indian batter to hit the 20,000-run milestone in international cricket. Rohit will hit the field against South Africa in the second ODI in Raipur on Wednesday. He is only 41 runs away from joining the elite list that includes Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid. Tendulkar leads with 34,357 runs, followed by Virat Kohli with 27808 runs and Dravid with 24,064 runs.

Rohit has 19,959 international runs to his name in 503 matches at an average of 42.46, with 50 centuries and 110 fifties under his belt. The India opener has scored 4,301 runs in 67 Tests. He has 4,231 runs in T20Is and 11,427 in ODIs.

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