Amul Girl along with Hitman Rohit Sharma scores historic ODI double century. He became the highest run-getter in a ODI innings when he scored 264 against Sri Lanka in the fourth ODI at Eden Gardens on Thursday. After scoring his first double century (209) against Australia in Bangalore on November 2, 2013 Rohit Sharma created history by scoring 264 against Sri Lanka and becoming the only cricketer with two double tons in a ODI .
It could be considered as a dream return from injury, Rohit Sharma lived it at Eden. Rohit's 264 off 173 balls included 33 fours and 9 sixes, which calculates to 186 runs in boundaries. Incidentally, it's also a world record for most fours in a single innings.
@ImRo45 with 1.45 million followers on Twitter was top Trending as India went on to beat Sri Lanka with a massive 153 runs and still continues to trend along with #INDVsSL.
Records tumbled as Rohit Sharma Bat creamed and buttered with Amul:
- First man in the history of the game to register two ODI double hundreds.
- Highest individual score (264) in an ODI.
- Highest individual score by an Indian in List A cricket.
- Second highest individual score ever in List A cricket. Highest is in the name of Ally Browne, who made 268 for Surrey.
- Most fours (33) in an ODI innings.
Rohit's belligerence, which saw him go from 50 to 250 in just 94 balls, also took India past 400 to register their fourth highest total in ODIs.
- India 418 for 5 vs West Indies, Indore, 2011
- India 414 for 7 vs Sri Lanka, Rajkot, 2009
- India 413 for 5 vs Bermuda, Port of Spain, 2007
- India 404 for 5 vs Sri Lanka, Kolkata, 2014
There have been just three men to reach the landmark of 200 in ODIs, and all of them are Indians doing it in India in the last four years starting with Sachin Tendulkar in 2010.
- Rohit Sharma, 264 vs Sri Lanka, Kolkata, 2014,
- Virender Sehwag, 219 vs West Indies, Indore, 2011
- Rohit Sharma, 209 vs Australia, Bangalore, 2013
- Sachin Tendulkar, 200 vs South Africa, Gwalior, 2010
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