Friday, November 14, 2014

Rohit Sharma smashes highest ODI score 264 India against Sri Lanka

Records Rohit Sharma broke during his knock of 264

India’s opening batsman Rohit Sharma smashed a brilliant 264 from 173 balls to register the highest score in the history of ODI cricket. In the process, he also broke a number of other records. He was dropped by Thisara Perera after playing a loose shot early on in his innings, but that did not deter the confidence of the Mumbai Indians captain. He went from strength to strength and took just 15 balls to get from 200 to 250.
Here are some records Rohit broke during the knock:
#1 Highest individual score in an ODI innings - 264


Rohit Sharma broke the record for the highest ODI individual score of all time today. He didn’t just beat Virender Sehwag’s 219, but also bettered Belinda Clark’s 229 against Denmark, making this the top individual score in an innings across all one-day internationals.

TOP 10 ODI INNINGS OF ALL TIME 
1) ROHIT SHARMA (India) 264 (173 balls) v Sri Lanka, November 13, 2014
2) VIRENDER SEHWAG (India) 219 (149 ball) v West Indies, December 8, 2011
3) ROHIT SHARMA (India) 209 (158 balls) v Australia, November 2, 2013
4) SACHIN TENDULKAR (India) 200* (147 balls) v South Africa, February 24, 2010
5) CHARLES COVENTRY (Zimbabwe) 194* (156 balls) v Bangladesh, August 16, 2009
6) SAEED ANWAR (Pakistan) 194 (146 balls) v India, May 21, 1997
7) VIV RICHARDS (West Indies) 189* (170 balls) v England, May 31, 1984
8) MARTIN GUPTILL (New Zealand) 189* (155 balls) v England, June 2, 2013
9) SANATH JAYASURIYA (Sri Lanka) 189 (161 balls) v India, October 29, 2000
10) GARY KIRSTEN (South Africa) 188* (159 balls) v UAE February 16, 1996



#2 Highest List A score by an Indian


Rohit fell just 4 runs short of breaking the highest individual score of all time in List A cricket. He had Ali Brown’s 268 in his sights, but was dismissed on the last ball of the innings when he went for a huge shot in an attempt to break the record. 
Despite falling short of Brown’s score, the Mumbaikar did manage to break the record for the highest List A score by an Indian, which was previously held by Shikhar Dhawan who scored 248 for India A against South Africa A at Pretoria in 2013.

#3 First batsman to score two double centuries in ODI cricket


When Sachin Tendulkar scored the first double century in ODI history in 2010, many thought it would stay on as the world record for years to come. Less than 5 years on, there have already have been 3 higher scores – each one of them by an Indian batsman.
By scoring 264 today, Rohit Sharma became the first man to hit two double hundreds in ODI cricket. No cricketer has ever achieved the feat before, with Tendulkar and Sehwag having  scored 1 double century each.
Rohit had scored his first double hundred against Australia in Bangalore last year.

#4 Highest 4s in an innings - 33


Last year, when Rohit Sharma scored 209 against Australia in Bangalore, he had set the record for hitting the most sixes in an innings. Today, he made sure that he held the record for hitting the most fours in an ODI innings as well. He hit 33 fours, en route to his 264 at the Eden Gardens, beating Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag’s record of 25 fours. The Master Blaster had set the record when he scored 200* against South Africa back in 2010, whereas Sehwag matched Tendulkar’s feat during his knock of 219 against the West Indies in 2011.

#5 Most boundaries in an ODI innings - 42


Rohit Sharma also hit 9 sixes, in addition to the astonishing 33 fours he hit during the course of his innings. He comfortably beat Sehwag’s record of 32 boundaries (25 fours and 7 sixes). The Delhi batsman had achieved the same when he had set the previous world record ODI score against West Indies back in 2011.
Rohit hit his 42 boundaries from 173 balls, which meant that 24.28% of the deliveries he faced in this match went to the fence. He scored 186 runs in boundaries, which is also a world record.

#6 Most balls faced by a batsman in a 50-over ODI match - 173


Rohit Sharma also broke the record for having faced the most number of deliveries in an ODI innings. He faced 173 balls during his knock on Thursday, bettering the previous record set by Ashish Bagai (172) of Canada in an ODI match against Scotland on 31 January 2007.
The record for the most balls faced by an individual in an ODI is held by New Zealand’s Glenn Turner, who faced 201 deliveries in the days when ODIs consisted of 60 overs a side.

#7 Bonus: Most 400+ scores by a team - India


India became the first team to post a score of 400+ in an ODI match five times. The Men in Blue first reached this landmark in an innings during their forgettable World Cup campaign in 2007 against Bermuda. Since then, India have scored 400+ totals against Sri Lanka, South Africa and West Indies – all at home.
Here are India’s highest totals in ODI cricket:
  • 418/5 vs West Indies, Indore, 2011
  • 414/7 vs Sri Lanka, Rajkot, 2009
  • 413/5 vs Bermuda, Port of Spain, 2007
  • 404/5 vs Sri Lanka, Kolkata, 2014
  • 401/3 vs South Africa, Gwalior, 2010

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