Rohit Sharma On this day: On this day in 2014, the Sri Lankan team came to India on a tour. On 13 November 2014, the fourth match of the five-match ODI series was being played. In this match, the Indian team won the toss and decided to bat first.
Batting first, Team India scored 404 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs. Captain Rohit Sharma scored a double century. Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit gave Team India a great start, but during the 8th over of the innings, Rahane was out LBW. Rahane was out after scoring 28 runs and then Captain Rohit's bat roared. He faced 173 balls and hit 33 fours and 9 sixes and rained fours and sixes in Eden Gardens. In this way, Rohit got his name recorded in the pages of history by scoring 264 runs. No one has been able to break that historic record of Rohit till date. Let's know in detail about this match and Rohit's innings.
In the year 2010, the great cricketer Sachin Tendulkar achieved the feat of scoring a double century in the 50 over format. The first double century in ODI came from Sachin's bat. After this, he broke the record of 194 runs of Saeed Anwar and Charles Coventry. Sachin scored a double century against South Africa on 4 February 2010. During this, he remained unbeaten after scoring 200 runs. His achievement guided many players like Virender Sehwag. Rohit Sharma also reached this milestone.
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On 13 November 2014, Rohit Sharma played such a historic innings at Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata which no one has been able to break till date. He scored 264 runs against Sri Lanka and recorded the highest individual score in ODI cricket.
This was not the first time Rohit crossed the 200-run mark. He had scored 209 against Australia, which was just short of Sehwag's record of 219 against West Indies in 2011.
Rohit got a lifeline in Kolkata, which he made full use of. Perera dropped his catch on a score of 4, which proved to be very costly for his team. Rohit performed brilliantly in this match and scored his second ODI century. He became the first player to achieve this feat twice in ODI cricket. He scored another double century against Sri Lanka in Mohali on 13 December 2017. Rohit scored an unbeaten 208, making him the only player to score three double centuries in ODI cricket.
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