Rohit Sharma’s ODI career has all the ingredients to make for a perfect fairytale story. An ODI career that can easily be split into two halves, the ever-flamboyant Mumbai batsman has been more than just a sensation for the men in blue at the top of the order. His pre-2013 career numbers are not bad by any stretch of the imagination, but well, they aren’t too blossom as well.

However, when the call was taken in the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy to use him as an opener, his career changed and changed for good. He wasn’t the same Rohit Sharma as before, who would throw away starts and mess up for all the hard work.

Instead, while opening the innings, Rohit found his true essence as an ODI cricketer, as he blossomed into a delightful batsman at the top of the order. Apart from just his numbers flourishing, India found a genuine match winner in Hitman, with Rohit playing some huge knocks at every corner.

During the ongoing fifth and final ODI of the series against Australia at Nagpur, Rohit etched himself into the record books as he registered 4000 career ODI runs as an opener. For an opener with more than 4000 career ODI runs, Rohit got to the mark fastest, just second to South Africa’s Hashim Amla.

Getting to the mentioned runs as an opener in 83 innings, Rohit became the second fastest after Amla, who got there in 4 innings quicker. Below, is the tally of the three fastest batsmen who are quickest to 4000 runs regarding innings.