Rohit Sharma has been winning hearts and creating records with his back-to-back blockbuster performances for a long time. However, there was this one knock of Rohit Sharma that is imprinted in every fan’s mind.
Five years ago, on November 13, 2014, Rohit Sharma played one of his best and most memorable knocks ever against Sri Lankans. Rohit Sharma took a Sri Lankan attack to the cleaners at Eden Garden of Kolkata.
He smashed the Sri Lankan to all the corners on the ground hitting 33 boundaries and 9 sixes He scored 264 runs, which is the highest-ever ODI score in cricket. However, things would have been different if Sri Lanka had not dropped him when he was on 4.
Yes, Rohit Sharma would have been dismissed on just four runs had Thisara Perera grabbed an easy catch at third man.
On Wednesday, as the epic knock marked 5 years, people on twitter celebrated the special knock of Rohit Sharma. “#5YearsofR0264” started trending on twitter and people flooded it with amazing posts and tweets appreciating the brilliant knock of Indian cricketer.
ICC also took to twitter and took a jibe at the Sri Lankan cricket team by reminding them of the dropped catch. They wrote:
“#OnThisDay in 2014, Rohit Sharma went big! The Indian opener smashed 264, the highest ever ODI score ? The worst part? Sri Lanka dropped him when he was on 4 ?”
Here, check out the tweet:
#OnThisDay in 2014, Rohit Sharma went big!
The Indian opener smashed 264, the highest ever ODI score ?
The worst part? Sri Lanka dropped him when he was on 4 ? pic.twitter.com/E6wowdoGUL
— ICC (@ICC) November 13, 2019
Check out the reaction of twitterati on this:
If You Drop Hitman Even Once, He will Punish You Very Hard??
What Knock It was???— ?? SHARMI ?? (@ImSharmi7) November 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/JavedMianded_/status/1194489061433577472?s=20
Most expensive drop ever ??
@OfficialSLC @ImRo45
— Tharr shanth ? (@tharr1109) November 13, 2019
Most expensive drop in the history of the game is a certain Brian Lara was dropped on 18 in England, he went on to score 501*
Highest ever first class score.@BrianLara #legend— Rahul Joshi (@rahulrjoshi) November 13, 2019
Not only once he was dropped 6 times in that match
— Sai Krishna? (@SaiKingkohli) November 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/Cricket_1stlove/status/1194435361662832640?s=20
#OnThisDay 2014 Hitman creates History!!! ?
Rohit Sharma : smashed record- breaking 264 studded with 33 fours and nine sixes, highest-ever individual score in ODI!
Sri Lanka : Total score 251
#Rohitsharma #INDvsBAN #INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/LOEVNwZVy5— Bharathi M Kumar (@BharathiKumar4) November 13, 2019
Ro Superhit Sharma
— Akash Satapathy (@Akash11223345) November 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/HarisAh99/status/1194467016989691905?s=20
There’s no one like Him
Hit man for a reason ??— مُشتـاق احمـد (@Mushtaaq_) November 13, 2019
5 years! It seems like yesterday.
— Cardiff (@khaanahbadosh) November 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/KrishnaMy_God/status/1194436148497534976?s=20
