Dynamic, aggressive, match-winner, elegant, hard-working, captain, leader, icon, legend….. the list of adjectives falls short of summarising what Rohit Sharma has been to the cricketing world.

From a young dreamer from Mumbai’s famed ‘Khadoos’ school of cricket in the early 2000s to a modern-day champion of methodical excellence in 2023, the Hitman today has gotten himself enrolled into a unique club of cricket stalwarts with 10,000 or more ODI runs in their folklore.

Say hello to the second-fastest (in terms of innings batted - 241 innings), the sixth Indian - after Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli - and the 15th international cricketer to officially take membership in the 10K club in 50-overs cricket.

 Here’s the road to 10,000 ODI runs for the great man. Let’s rewind the clock and go back in time, shall we?

 Spoiler alert: On five occasions, an iconic opponent has been a checkpoint for the Indian captain’s milestone runs in the ODI format.