Top 5 list of Indian batters with fewest innings to 3,000 ODI runs

× Team India batter Shreyas Iyer was dismissed for 26 off 24 balls in the second ODI against Afghanistan at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Wednesday, June 17. He hit one four and one six before being caught by Ibrahim Zadran in the deep off Nangeyalia Kharoti's bowling. Ad Sent into bat in the second ODI, the Men in Blue put up an imposing total of 402 on the board.

Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal perished cheaply, but skipper Shubman Gill (154 off 110) and Ishan Kishan (125 off 79) smacked brilliant tons. Batting at No. 5, Shreyas got off to a good start, but could convert his knock into a big score.

While his dismissed for 26, Shreyas did achieve a significant landmark in the game. He completed 3,000 runs in ODI cricket for India and is the joint-second fastest to reach the mark for the Men in Blue. On that note, let's look at the top 5 list of Indian batters with fewest innings to 3,000 ODI runs.

Ad Trending #5 Navjot Sidhu (79 innings) The underrated Navjot Sidhu is fifth on the list of Indian batters with fewest innings to reach 3,000 ODI runs. The former India opener got to the landmark in 79 innings. He achieved the feat against the West Indies in the final of the Wills World Series in November 1994 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Batting at No. 3, Sidhu scored 28 off 51 balls as India won the final by 72 runs. Ad Sidhu ended his one-day career with 136 ODIs in which he scored 4,413 runs at an average of 37.

08 and a strike rate of 69.72, with six hundreds and 33 fifties. He also played 51 Tests for India, scoring over 3,000 runs.

#4 KL Rahul (78 innings) Senior batter KL Rahul is fourth on the list of Team India players with fewest innings to reach 3,000 ODI runs. The elegant right-handed batter needed 78 innings to get there. Rahul achieved the feat in March 2025 against Australia in the first semifinal of the Champions Trophy in Dubai.

He scored a vital 42* off 34 balls as India chased down 266 to enter the final of the ICC event. Ad Rahul has featured in 96 ODIs so far and has scored 3,399 runs at an average of 50.73 and a strike rate of 91, with eight hundreds and 20 half-centuries.

He has also played 68 Tests and 72 T20Is. #3 Virat Kohli (75 innings) Superstar Virat Kohli is third on the list of Indian batters with fewest innings to 3,000 ODI runs. He achieved the landmark in his 75th innings.

Kohli surpassed the 3,000-run mark in one-dayers during the Commonwealth Bank Series against Sri Lanka in Adelaide in February 2012. He was dismissed for 15 off 25 in game number five - a thrilling clash that ended in a tie. Ad Kohli has played 311 matches in his ODI career so far, amassing 14,797 runs at an average of 58.

71 and a strike rate of 93.82, with 54 hundreds and 77 half-centuries. He retired from Tests after 123 matches and quit T20Is after 125 games, following India's triumph in the 2024 T20 World Cup.

#2 Shikhar Dhawan & Shreyas Iyer (72 innings) Former opener Shikhar Dhawan and Shreyas are joint-second on the list of Indian batters with fewest innings to 3,000 ODI runs. Both needed 72 innings to cross the landmark. Dhawan got there in a match against Australia in Canberra in January 2016.

The southpaw smashed a belligerent 126 in 113 balls, with 14 fours and two sixes. India, however, fell short in a chase of 349. Ad Shreyas completed 3,000 runs in ODIs during the match against Afghanistan in Lucknow on Wednesday.

He was dismissed for 26 off 24 balls. The right-handed batter has scored 3,105 runs in 78 ODIs at an average of 45.68 and a strike rate of 98.

56, with five hundreds and 23 half-centuries. #1 Shubman Gill (62 innings) Current Team India skipper Gill tops the list by quite a significant margin. He needed only 62 innings to reach 3,000 ODI runs.

Incidentally, the right-handed batter reached the landmark in the first one-dayer of the ongoing series against Dharamsala. He was the Player of the Match in this game for scoring 84* off 66 balls, with the aid of 11 fours and two sixes.Gill has played 63 ODIs so far and has scored 3,191 runs at an excellent average of 59.

09 and a strike rate of 101.04, with nine centuries and 18 half-centuries. He has also featured in 41 Tests and 36 T20Is.

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He hit one four and one six before being caught by Ibrahim Zadran in the deep off Nangeyalia Kharoti's bowling. Ad Sent into bat in the second ODI, the Men in Blue put up an imposing total of 402 on the board. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal perished cheaply, but skipper Shubman Gill (154 off 110) and Ishan Kishan (125 off 79) smacked brilliant tons.

Batting at No. 5, Shreyas got off to a good start, but could convert his kno