BAN vs IND: Top 3 run-getters among current players
Team India is all set to tour Bangladesh for a three-match ODI and two-match Test series beginning with the 50-overs matches on December 04, 2022, at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. The second and the third games will take place on the 7th and 10th respectively at the same venue. Both sides have played 38 ODIs so far and the batters with the most runs in these fixtures also happen to be the active players.
Let’s take a look at the top 3 run-scorers among active players in India-Bangladesh ODI matches:
3. Mushfiqur Rahim (628)
Veteran Bangladesh wicketkeeper batter Mushfiqur Rahim has scored the third-most runs in India-Bangladesh one-day international games. The right-handed batter has amassed 628 runs in 22 matches at an average of 34.88 and a strike rate of 76.02. In 21 innings, the 35-year-old has struck one century and three half-centuries with the highest score of 117. Rahim played his first match against India in the famous 2007 World Cup match in West Indies where he scored a match-winning unbeaten 56.
2. Rohit Sharma (660)
India skipper Rohit Sharma occupies the second position in this chart. He has racked up 660 runs in 13 matches at a solid average of 60.00 and a strike rate of 93.35. The 35-year-old has slammed three centuries and two half-centuries with the highest score of 137 against the Bangla Tigers. Notably, his best score came in the quarter-final clash of the 2015 WC down under which India won by 109 runs. Rohit also hammered an unbeaten 123 against the neighbors in the 2017 Champions Trophy semi-final to guide his side to the finals. His first appearance had come in the Kitply cup in Mirpur in 2008.
- Virat Kohli (680)
Run machine Virat Kohli has smashed the most runs in these fixtures. The classy right-handed batter has mustered 680 runs in 12 games at a staggering average of 75.55 and a strike rate of 99.27. The Delhi-born Kohli has hit three hundred and as many fifties with the highest score of 136. Virat made his maiden appearance against Bangladesh in the Tri-Series match in Mirpur where he scored a fluent 91 off 102 in 2010. Notably, the 34-year-old also slammed an unbeaten century (100 off 83) in the opening fixture of the 2011 WC.
