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Twitterati praise Rohit Sharma for another batting milestone

Cuttack, Dec 22: As India batsman Rohit Sharma achieved another batting milestone of becoming the leading run scorer in a calendar year in all formats of cricket, Twitter fans hailed the batting ace.

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Saurabh Sharma
By Saurabh Sharma
Dec 22, 2019 • 09:57 PM

Cuttack, Dec 22: As India batsman Rohit Sharma achieved another batting milestone of becoming the leading run scorer in a calendar year in all formats of cricket, Twitter fans hailed the batting ace.

Saurabh Sharma
By Saurabh Sharma
December 22, 2019 • 09:57 PM

As the batting ace hit the milestone during the third and final India vs West Indies ODI here, the Board of Control of Cricket in India posted on @BCCI: "Milestone -- Rohit Sharma surpasses Sanath Jayasuriya as the leading run scorer in a calendar year across formats."

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It got 685 retweets 3.6K likes, as fans praised him in glowing terms.

"Terrific milestone for Hitman," wrote one fan.

Replying to @BCCI and @ImRo45, one fan said that Rohit Sharma had amassed 2388* in 2019, most international runs in a calendar year as an opener.

Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya totalled 2,387 runs in 1997 whereas Virender Sehwag amassed 2,355 in 2008.

"Rohit Sharma breaks 22-year-old record of Sanath Jayasuriya for most runs in a calendar year as an opener," he wrote.

"Congrats", "Congratulations Hitman" and "Record-Breaker Sharma" were other comments by fans.

One fan posted: "Excellent!! He's a real champ. Sure to pass many more milestones."

"A lot more to come," remarked one fan.

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