Earlier Rohit Sharma just surprised fans of Sachin Tendulkar and Sehwag by becoming the third India to join the double centurion category. And now, he has created a new record for himself by becoming the
That was a bit of magic along with great cricket at Mohali today as India played Sri Lanka in the second ODI. Recovering from last Sunday’s mega debacle, Rohit Sharma played both the opener and captain innings, hitting 208 off 159 balls and stayed not out. He has hit 13 fours and 12 sixes in this innings.
Till date, we have Martin Guptill (237*), Virender Sehwag (219), Chris Gayle (215) and Tendulkar (200*) scoring double centuries once in ODI cricket, while Rohit did it thrice and made a record. Earlier he scored 209 vs Australia and 264 Sri Lanka in 2013 and 14. And this is Rohit Sharma’s 16th century ever.
Rohit reached his century off 115 deliveries and then he took only 36 balls to reach his double hundred.To make the match much more memorable, India needs to win the match and that will keep the tri-match series alive.
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