The Indian opener has also become the quickest Asian to score 1000 test runs in the World Test Championship(WTC). Sharma scored these runs in 11 matches surpassing Ajinkya Rahane, who did it in 15.
Overall, only Marnus Labuschagne(1675 runs), Joe Root(1630 runs), Steve Smith(1341 runs), and Ben Stokes(1301 runs) have gone past the 1000 run mark.
