India registered a thrilling 57-run victory over Australia in the seventh and final One-Day International (ODI) at Bangalore. This win enabled the hosts clinch the high-scoring seven-match series 3-2 with two matches being washed out.
India opener Rohit Sharma recorded the second-highest score in One-Day International (ODI) history when he scored 209 against Australia in the seventh match of the series at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Saturday. In the process, he became the third batsmen to score an ODI double century, after Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag.
India opener Rohit Sharma became the third batsman to reach the 200-run mark in One-Day Internationals (ODI) when he scored 209 against Australia at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. During the course of the innings he also struck 16 sixes, a world record, surpassing Shane Watson’s 15 hits beyond the fence against Bangladesh in 2011. Aayush Puthran feels a lot more remains due from Rohit Sharma’s willow before he becomes a part of cricketing folklore.
Indian batsman Rohit Sharma roared his way into the history books by smashing a scintillating double century and re-wrote the record for highest number of sixes in an innings by hitting the ball 16 times over the fence on a day when quite a few other records were rewritten.
Smiling ear to ear after becoming only the third cricketer ever to smash an One-Day Internationals (ODI) double hundred, Indian batsman Rohit Sharma said he went in with the intent to "play big" and successfully executed the plan on the small ground.
India's Rohit Sharma made an entry into record books by becoming the third batsman after Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag to score a double century in ODIs. His knock of 209 came from 158 balls in the seventh ODI against Australia in Bangalore. Here's how social media reacted to his achievement.
India opener Rohit Sharma became the third player to reach 200, when he achieved the feat against Australia in the seventh One-Day International (ODI) match of the series at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Saturday.