3 things Rohit Sharma has achieved in ODI cricket that Virat Kohli hasn't yet achieved 

Virat Kohli is undoubtedly the greatest ODI batsman of the modern era. The batting gladiator has torn apart bowling attacks across the world with disdain, marching towards the record books like a monarch.

The Indian skipper is the second highest century maker in ODI cricket (43) after the iconic Sachin Tendulkar (49), and is the fastest to the coveted 10,000-run mark in ODIs as well. He is also touted as the only man who has any realistic chance of going past Tendulkar’s big ticket records in ODI cricket.

On the other hand, if there is one man who has set the stage on fire alongside Kohli in the last five years in ODI cricket, it has to be Rohit Sharma. Ever since he started opening the batting for India in ODIs, Rohit has taken his batting to a whole new orbit. Several bowling attacks have faced the brunt of the firepower of Rohit and the mastery of Kohli at the top of the order.

In this article, let us look at three things Rohit has already achieved in ODI cricket that Kohli has not achieved yet.

#3 Double hundred in ODI cricket

Rohit Sharma is the only batsman to score three double hundreds in ODI cricket

No batsman in the history of ODI cricket has scored more than one double hundred, and Rohit has scored three of them.

In 2013, he scored his first double hundred when he struck a sparkling 209 against Australia in Bengaluru. That innings paved the way for the hosts to crush the opposition by 153 runs.

Rohit scored his second double hundred a year later, when he smashed a whopping 264 against Sri Lanka. That remains the highest individual score in ODI cricket.

Rohit’s third double hundred came in the year 2017 when he again walloped the Sri Lankan bowling attack in Punjab.

On the other hand, Kohli has not yet managed to score a double hundred in ODI cricket. The closest Kohli came to the landmark was when he hit a stunning 183 against Pakistan in the Asia Cup in the year 2012.

#2 600 runs in a single ODI tournament

Rohit Sharma scored a colossal 648 runs during the 2019 World Cup

Rohit Sharma owned the 2019 World Cup. ‘The Hitman’ dismantled several bowling attacks right through the course of the tournament and smashed a colossal 648 runs at a stunning average of 81. In the process, he became only the second Indian batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to score 600 runs in a single edition of the World Cup.

On the other hand, the closest that Kohli has come to this feat was when he smashed 558 runs against South Africa in the 2018 ODI series. The Indian skipper averaged a staggering 186 in that series and toyed with the South African bowling.

Kohli might be considered one of the greatest players of all time, but 600 runs in an ODI tournament has proved elusive so far for the batting dynamite.

#1 Five hundreds in a single ODI tournament

Kohli has never managed to score more than 3 hundreds in a single ODI tournament

Rohit is the only cricketer in history to have scored five hundreds in a single edition of the World Cup. He scored a stunning 122* in India’s opening match of the World Cup against South Africa, and followed it up with a marauding 140 against arch-rivals Pakistan in front of a sold out crowd at Old Trafford.

Rohit then scored three more hundreds in consecutive matches against England, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

On the other hand, Kohli has never managed to score more than three ODI hundreds in a single tournament. When India toured South Africa in 2018, Kohli smashed three in the series, including a classy 160*.

Later that year, when West Indies toured India, Kohli again scored three consecutive hundreds in the first three matches of the series.