After Dharamshala set back, skipper Rohit Sharma responded in a spectacular fashion, scoring a sensational third double century of his career. Hitman Rohit Sharma became the first player on the planet to cross the remarkable 200 mark thrice in ODI’s and in the process broke multiple records as India set a massive target of 293 runs.
Rohit Sharma on his wedding anniversary ended his innings on an unbeaten 208 runs in just 151 balls. In his master-class knock, he smashed 12 sixes and 13 fours. Indian skipper got his hundred in the 90 balls and brought up his next hundred in just 36 balls.
Rohit Sharma got his first double century against Australia when he scored 209 runs in Bangalore, then a year later, he made 264 at Eden Gardens against Sri Lanka. This score remains the individual highest by a batsman in 50-over cricket.
Double hundreds in ODIs:
264 Rohit Sharma
237* M Guptill
219 V Sehwag
215 C Gayle
209 Rohit Sharma
208* Rohit Sharma
200* S Tendulkar
Rohit Sharma now has most sixes in a calendar year in ODIs for India:
41 - ROHIT SHARMA, 2017*
40 - Sachin Tendulkar, 1998
35 - Sourav Ganguly, 2000
Rohit Sharma is the first batsman in ODI history to twice score 100+ runs in the last ten overs (41-50). He scored 107 today and 110 vs SL in Kolkata in 2014.
In the last five years, Rohit Sharma has been in breathtaking form, season after season. Here are the highest scores for India in ODIs last 5 years:
2013 - Rohit 209
2014 - Rohit 264
2015 - Rohit 150
2016 - Rohit 171*
2017 - Rohit 208*
Here's how Twitter reacted to Rohit Sharma's wonderful innings: