Sachin Tendulkar, on February 24, 2010, scored the first ever double century in the history of men’s One-Day Internationals (ODIs). The venue was the Captain Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh and the opposition was South Africa. He managed to reach the historic landmark off 147 balls in the final over the Indian inning. Before him, Belinda Clark of Australia scored 229 not out off 155 deliveries in a women’s ODIs against Denmark at Mumbai in 1997.
Let us have a statistical analysis of this historic inning.
Runs split up:
R
B
4s
6s
0 to 50
37
9
–
51 to 100
53
4
–
101 to 150
28
8
1
151 to 200
29
4
2
200
147
25
3
Tendulkar had a brisk start as he reached his half century off just 37 balls which included nine fours. The second 50 runs came quite slowly, still he completed his century off 90 balls. The next two 50 runs were scored in 28 and 29 balls respectively and he reached the milestone in 50th over.
R
B
4s
6s
0 to 100
90
13
–
101 to 200
57
12
3
200
147
25
3
Reaching each landmark:
R
B
Overs
Bowler
Shot
1st
5
1.3
Wayne Parnell
Four towards mid-off
50th
37
11.4
Roelof van der Merve
Four towards fine-leg
100th
90
27.6
JP Duminy
Single towards point
150th
117
37.3
Wayne Parnell
Four towards mid-wicket
200th
147
49.3
Charl Langeveldt
Single towards point
Bowler-wise:
Tendulkar’s runs came at an almost even pace against all bowlers. He scored most runs, 46 off 24, against Wayne Parnell at a strike-rate of 191.66. He managed to score at least 20 runs against each of the six bowlers South Africa used.
Bowler
R
B
SR
Dots
Singles
Doubles
4s
6s
Dale Steyn
37
31
119.35
16
7
1
7
–
Wayne Parnell
46
24
191.66
4
8
5
7
–
Roelof van der Merve
43
32
134.37
11
13
2
5
1
Charl Langeveldt
30
28
107.14
11
12
2
2
1
JP Duminy
20
17
117.64
6
8
1
1
1
Jacques Kallis
24
15
160.00
2
8
2
3
–
Team’s overs-wise:
Overs
R
B
SR
4s
6s
0 to 10
46
32
143.75
8
–
10.1 to 20
33
29
113.79
4
–
20.1 to 30
31
35
88.57
3
–
30.1 to 40
50
29
172.41
8
1
40.1 to 50
40
22
181.81
2
2
0 to 50
200
147
136.05
25
3
Power Play overs vs Normal overs:
Category
R
B
SR
4s
6s
Power Play 1
46
32
143.75
8
–
Power Play 2
16
16
100.00
2
–
Power Play 3
33
18
183.33
7
–
All Power Plays
95
66
143.93
17
–
Other Overs
105
81
129.62
8
3
Off-side vs On-side:
Side
R
Singles
Doubles
4s
6s
Off-Side
90
26
5
12
1
On-Side
110
30
8
13
2
Partnerships:
Wicket
R
Overs
RR
Partner 1
Partner 2
1
25
3.5
6.52
Sachin Tendulkar (16)
Virender Sehwag (9)
2
194
29.3
6.57
SachinTendulkar (108)
Dinesh Karthik (79)
3
81
7.5
10.34
SachinTendulkar (44)
Yusuf Pathan (36)
4
101*
8.5
11.43
SachinTendulkar (32)
MS Dhoni (68)
How the record of the highest individual score in ODIs changed hands:
R
Batsman
For
Opp
Venue
Date
ODI #
82
John Edrich
England
Australia
Melbourne
January 5, 1971
1
103
Dennis Amiss
England
Australia
Manchester
August 24, 1972
2
105
Roy Fredericks
West Indies
England
The Oval
September 7, 1973
9
116*
David Lloyd
England
Pakistan
Nottingham
August 31, 1974
14
137
Dennis Amiss
England
India
Lord’s
June 7, 1975
19
171*
Glenn Turner
New Zealand
England
Birmingham
June 7, 1975
20
175*
Kapil Dev
India
Zimbabwe
Tunbridge Wells
June 18, 1983
216
189*
Viv Richards
West Indies
England
Manchester
May 31, 1984
264
194
Saeed Anwar
Pakistan
India
Chennai
May 21, 1997
1209
200*
Sachin Tendulkar
India
South Africa
Gwalior
February 24, 2010
2962
219
Virender Sehwag
India
West Indies
Indore
December 8, 2011
3223
Note: Dennis Amiss and Glenn Turner changed the records in few hours as they did it in the same ODI.
Apart from becoming the first to score a double century in ODIs, below is the list of some more records achieved by Tendulkar in the inning:
# Tendulkar overcame the record of scoring most number of fours (25) in an ODI inning. Previous record was of 22 fours by Saeed Anwar in his 194 against India in 1997.
# Tendulkar scored his fifth 150-plus score in ODIs to become the player with most number of 150-plus score in ODIs which was previously equalled with Sanath Jayasuriya (4).
# Tendulkar overcame Ricky Ponting’s 164 as the highest individual score against South Africa in ODIs.
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