India's 200 Club

Rohit Sharma made his 200th ODI appearance in Hamilton on January 31.
Rajneesh Gupta checks out the ODI careers of the 14 Indians with 200 ODI appearances.

IMAGE: Rohit Sharma during his 200th One Day International game at Seddon Park, January 31, 2019 in Hamilton, New Zealand. Photograph: Phil Walter/Getty Images

The fourth match between India and New Zealand at Hamilton was the 200th ODI for Rohit Sharma.

Rohit thus became 14th Indian and 80th player overall to appear in 200 or more ODIs.

Indian players with 200 ODI appearances

Player	Games	Runs	Average	100s	Wkts	Average	4W	Catches/Stumpings
Sachin Tendulkar	463	18,426	44.83	49	154	44.48	6	140
Rahul Dravid	344	10,889	39.17	12	4	42.50	0	196/14
M S Dhoni	337	10,414	51.05	10	1	31.00	0	311/119
Mohammad Azharuddin	334	9,378	36.92	7	12	40.08	0	156
Sourav Ganguly	311	11,363	41.02	22	100	38.49	3	100
Yuvraj Singh	304	8,701	36.56	14	111	38.68	3	94
Anil Kumble	271	938	10.54	0	337	30.90	10	85
Virender Sehwag	251	8,273	35.06	15	96	40.14	1	93
Harbhajan Singh	236	1,237	13.30	0	269	33.36	5	71
Javagal Srinath	229	883	10.64	0	315	28.09	10	32
Suresh Raina	226	5,615	35.31	5	36	50.31	0	102
Kapil Dev	225	3,782	23.79	1	253	27.45	4	71
Virat Kohli	222	10,533	59.51	39	4	166.25	0	106
Rohit Sharma	200	7,806	47.89	22	8	64.38	0	73

IMAGE: Virat Kohli during game two of the ODI series against New Zealand at the Bay Oval, January 26, 2019 in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand. Photograph: Hannah Peters/Getty Images

IMAGE: Virat Kohli, batsman extraordinaire. Photograph: BCCI

The following table gives the career batting figures of these 14 players after playing 200 ODIs.

Virat Kohli's tally is not just the highest by an Indian at this stage. It is, in fact, the highest for any player in the world.

Batting career after 200th ODI

Player	Innings	Runs	Highest Score	Average	100s	50s	0s	Strike Rate
Virat Kohli	192	8,888	183	55.55	31	45	12	91.54
Rohit Sharma	194	7,806	264	47.89	22	39	12	88.46
Sourav Ganguly	194	7,747	183	43.04	18	46	8	73.80
Sachin Tendulkar	193	7,305	143	41.74	18	43	8	85.38
M S Dhoni	179	6,632	183*	51.41	7	44	6	88.32
Virender Sehwag	195	6,293	130	33.47	10	33	11	100.48
Rahul Dravid	183	6,242	153	38.29	8	42	4	68.24
Yuvraj Singh	182	5,686	139	36.45	8	35	9	86.47
Mohammad Azharuddin	184	5,399	108*	36.23	3	30	6	74.61
Suresh Raina	172	5,008	116*	36.03	4	32	12	93.02
Kapil Dev	181	3,621	175*	24.97	1	14	12	95.72
Harbhajan Singh	105	1,038	49	13.48	0	0	11	82.58
Javagal Srinath	106	844	53	11.41	0	1	15	83.81
Anil Kumble	98	665	26	10.39	0	0	13	65.32

IMAGE: Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath with an Emirates Airline Boeing 777 decorated with ICC cricket World Cup England 1999 livery, April 10, 1999. Photograph: Reuters

The following table gives the career bowling figures for all 14 Indian players after the 200th ODI.

Bowling career after 200th ODI

Player	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average	Best	4W	Strike Rate	Runs Per Over
Javagal Srinath	1,739.4	119	7,780	271	28.71	5/23	7	38.52	4.47
Anil Kumble	1,788.1	84	7,508	264	28.44	6/12	9	40.64	4.20
Kapil Dev	1,685.6	216	6,252	237	26.38	5/43	4	42.68	3.71
Harbhajan Singh	1,739.5	74	7,463	225	33.17	5/31	5	46.40	4.29
Virender Sehwag	669.1	12	3,531	87	40.59	3/25	0	46.15	5.28
Sourav Ganguly	539.5	24	2,671	78	34.24	5/16	3	41.53	4.95
Sachin Tendulkar	688.2	16	3,431	65	52.78	5/32	2	63.54	4.98
Yuvraj Singh	420.4	13	2,175	54	40.28	4/6	1	46.74	5.17
Suresh Raina	291.2	3	1,470	31	47.42	3/34	0	56.39	5.05
Mohammad Azharuddin	90.4	1	470	12	39.17	3/19	0	45.33	5.18
Rohit Sharma	98.5	2	515	8	64.38	2/27	0	74.13	5.21
Rahul Dravid	31	1	170	4	42.50	2/43	0	46.50	5.48
Virat Kohli	106.5	1	665	4	166.25	1/15	0	160.25	6.22
M S Dhoni	2	0	14	1	14.00	1/14	0	12.00	7.00

IMAGE: Rohit Sharma celebrates his century during the ICC Champions Trophy semi final against Bangladesh at Edgbaston, June 15, 2017. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

IMAGE: Virat Kohli, right, and Rohit Sharma after they hit centuries in an ODI against Sri Lanka, in Colombo, August 31, 2017. Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters

It is interesting to see how these players performed in each span of 50 matches and who were the leaders in each span.

Virat Kohli had the highest run aggregate after the first 50 matches and also after the span of the next 50 matches.

Rohit Sharma had an ordinary run initially. However, his career just took off as he scored more runs than any other Indian batsman in the third span of 50 matches.

Rohit continued his scintillating batting form in the fourth span as well.

Runs scored in each span of 50 ODIs

Player	ODIs 1 to 50	ODIs 51 to 100	ODIs 101 to 150	ODIs 151 to 200	Total
Virat Kohli	1,827	2,280	2,125	2,656	8,888
Rohit Sharma	1,135	1,345	2,557	2,769	7,806
Sourav Ganguly	1,621	1,985	2,326	1,815	7,747
Sachin Tendulkar	1,446	1,700	2,175	1,984	7,305
M S Dhoni	1,469	1,542	1,919	1,702	6,632
Virender Sehwag	1,481	1,499	1,522	1,791	6,293
Rahul Dravid	1,395	1,763	1,574	1,510	6,242
Yuvraj Singh	1,033	1,334	1,682	1,637	5,686
Mohammad Azharuddin	1,187	1,103	1,505	1,604	5,399
Suresh Raina	1,191	1,215	1,293	1,309	5,008
Kapil Dev	1,121	891	939	670	3,621
Harbhajan Singh	244	240	240	314	1,038
Javagal Srinath	82	228	325	209	844
Anil Kumble	134	172	188	171	665

IMAGE: Harbhajan Singh, left, with Anil Kumble. Photograph: Reuters

The following table gives the break-up of India's leading wicket-takers in each span of 50 matches.

Javagal Srinath and Harbhajan Singh shared the honours in the first 50 matches.

Anil Kumble then left everyone else behind in the second span.

Srinath topped the charts in the third and fourth spans.

Wickets taken in each span of 50 wickets

Player	ODIs 1 to 50	ODIs 51 to 100	ODIs 101 to 150	ODIs 151 to 200	Total
Javagal Srinath	71	68	66	66	271
Anil Kumble	57	83	63	61	264
Kapil Dev	58	64	53	62	237
Harbhajan Singh	71	53	47	54	225
Virender Sehwag	26	23	19	19	87
Sourav Ganguly	19	14	18	27	78
Sachin Tendulkar	12	22	13	18	65
Yuvraj Singh	18	8	14	14	54
Suresh Raina	1	5	10	15	31
Mohammad Azharuddin	6	6	-	-	12
Rohit Sharma	3	5	0	-	8
Rahul Dravid	0	1	3	-	4
Virat Kohli	0	2	2	0	4
MS Dhoni	-	-	1	-	1

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