Unknown facts about Rohit Sharma who has joined a league that has Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag

• Rohit Sharma achieved another cricketing feat as he hit 10,000 international runs as an opener.
  
• But the runs were achieved across his 13-year long career across all the three formats of the game -- test, one-day and T20.
  
• In India, he is the fourth opener to do so - Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag are the other three
  
  

Rohit Sharma achieved another cricketing feat as he hit 10,000 international runs as an opener. He reached the mark in the third T20I match against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton.

But the runs were achieved across his 13-year long career across all the three formats of the game -- test, one-day and T20. With this, he joins the elite list of batsmen across the world to have done so. In India, he is the fourth opener to do so - Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag are the other three.

Sharma however is only one of the list with an average over 50. In 219 innings, Rohit amassed 10,117 runs, averaging 50.33.

In the current ongoing New Zealand series, this feat looked elusive for Sharma. Rohit scoring a mere 7 and 8 in the first two matches. But he got third-time lucky with a thrilling comeback with half a century in a mere 23 deliveries. His knock was laced with six boundaries and three hits right into the stands.

Sharma’s consecutive sixes in the final two balls of the thrilling Super Over, also gave India its maiden T20 series win in New Zealand following but only after a nerve-wracking finish.

Sharma's blitz included six fours and three sixes as he put on 89 runs for the first wicket with KL Rahul (27 off 19 balls).