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Indian team captain Rohit Sharma turned 37 on Tuesday (April 30). Hitman Rohit is currently making waves in the Indian Premier League (IPL). This time he is not the captain of Mumbai Indians (MI). Rohit is playing as a player. Hardik Pandya has got the captaincy in his place. Rohit has defeated many bowlers with his special batting performance. Rohit has made many records with his bat in the history of cricket which are almost impossible to break. Especially in ODI cricket, when Rohit's bat swings, even the best bowlers are stunned. Hitman has scored 3 double centuries in ODIs, while scoring even one double century is no less than a dream for any batsman. Let us know about 5 such amazing and historical records of Rohit.
1. 3 double centuries in ODI cricket
Rohit has scored double century not once or twice but thrice in ODI format. He scored his first double century on 2 November 2013. Then Rohit played a brilliant inning of 209 runs against Australia in Bengaluru. Exactly one year later, Rohit created a new history in ODI cricket. Exactly one year later, on 13 November 2014, Rohit again impressed the legends in ODI cricket. Hitman once again scored a double century. This time he played a brilliant inning of 264 runs against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. After 3 years, once again Rohit's bat roared in such a way that the bowlers trembled. This time the Hitman scored the third double century of his career and became the first cricketer in the world to do so. This time again Rohit made Sri Lanka a victim. He played an unbeaten inning of 208 runs on the ground of Mohali.
2. Highest score in ODI cricket
Rohit Sharma has made such a record in ODI cricket, to break which any batsman will have to play a breath-taking innings. For this, the batsman can use full force and his condition may worsen. This is the record of the highest score in ODI cricket. Actually, Rohit has the record of scoring 264 runs in an ODI match. This amazing and historical record was made against Sri Lanka on 13 November 2014. Rohit played this innings in 173 balls, in which he hit 9 sixes and a record 33 fours. Whereas in this match, the Sri Lankan team was limited to 251 runs, that is, even 11 players of Sri Lanka together could not take the team beyond Rohit's score.
3. Most fours in an ODI innings
Rohit hit 33 fours in his historic innings of 264 runs against Sri Lanka. This is also an unbreakable record in cricket history. In terms of this record, Rohit is on top. He is followed by Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, who have hit 25-25 fours in an innings.
4. Most centuries in ODI World Cup
Rohit has created a stir with his bat in the ODI World Cup also. He has a historic record in his name, a recording which is a matter of pride for every player. Rohit has the record of scoring maximum 5 centuries in a single ODI World Cup. He achieved this feat in the 2019 ODI World Cup. In this tournament, the Indian team was eliminated after losing to New Zealand in the semi-finals. After Rohit, there are Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka and Quinton de Kock of South Africa who have scored 4 centuries each.
5. Rohit is the sixer king of international cricket
Rohit is a hit not only in ODI but in all three formats of international cricket. He is called Sixer King in International Cricket (Test, ODI, T20). The proof of this is that Rohit has hit the maximum number of 597 sixes in international cricket. There is no one around him either. Rohit has hit this six in 472 international matches. In this matter, at second place is Chris Gayle of West Indies who has hit 553 sixes in 483 international matches. The third number belongs to former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi, who hit 476 sixes in 524 international matches.