IND v SL 2017: Stat-Zone – All the records made and broken by Rohit Sharma during his knock of 208*

Rohit Sharma left many stalwarts like Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag behind during his innings.

Rohit Sharma during his 208* | AFP

Rohit Sharma celebrates his wedding anniversary today and he gifted one of the best knocks seen in ODI cricket to his wife Ritika, as he slammed his third double century in ODIs in the second ODI against Sri Lanka in Chandigarh.

Rohit remained unbeaten on 208* in 153 balls, hitting 13 fours and 12 sixes in the process. He added 115 runs for the first wicket with Shikhar Dhawan and then added 213 runs with Shreyas Iyer for the second wicket.

India scored 392/4 at the end of 50 overs, thanks to a brilliant knock by captain Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma broke records of many players like Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni in the process and we have collated some of the records made and broken by Rohit Sharma during his innings of 208*.

Check the records of Rohit Sharma here:

- First batsman in ODI history to make three double hundreds.

- Most double hundreds in List A cricket:
3- Rohit Sharma (IND)
2- Alistair Brown (Surrey)

- Most scores of 180+ in ODI cricket:
3- Rohit Sharma (IND)
3- Martin Guptill (NZ)

- Most scores of 150+ in ODI cricket:
5- Sachin Tendulkar (IND)
     David Warner (AUS)
     Rohit Sharma (IND)
4- Sanath Jayasuriya (SL), Chris Gayle (WI), Hashim Amla (SA)

- First batsman in history of ODI cricket to hit 12 sixes in an innings twice.

- Batsmen with 10+ sixes in an ODI innings twice:
AB de Villiers (SA), Martin Guptill (NZ) and Rohit Sharma (IND)

- Breakup of Rohit Sharma’s scoring today
First 100 runs - 115 balls (SR - 86.96)
Next 100 runs - 36 balls (SR - 277.78)

­- Most sixes by captains in an ODI innings:
16 - AB de Villiers v WI, Johannesburg, 2015
12 – Rohit Sharma v SL, Mohali, Today*
11 - AB de Villiers v India, Mumbai, 2015

-Most sixes in a calendar year in ODIs for India:
45 - ROHIT SHARMA, 2017*
40 - Sachin Tendulkar, 1998
35 - Sourav Ganguly, 2000

- Most centuries by Indian openers in ODI cricket:
45 - Sachin Tendulkar
19 - Sourav Ganguly
14 - Virender Sehwag, ROHIT SHARMA*
11 - Shikhar Dhawan

-Highest individual scores by captains in ODIs:
219-   Virender Sehwag v WI, Indore, 2011
208*- Rohit Sharma v SL, Mohali, 2017
189 -  Sanath Jayasuriya v IND, Sharjah, 2000
186*- Sachin Tendulkar v NZ, Hyderabad, 1999

- Most ODI 100s in a calendar year for India:
9-  Sachin Tendulkar (1998)
7-  Sourav Ganguly (2000)
6-  Sachin Tendulkar (1996), Rahul Dravid (1999), Virat Kohli (2017), Rohit Sharma* 
     (2017)

 

 
 

By Jatin Sharma - 13 Dec, 2017

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