India’s star batsman Rohit Sharma has smashed another double hundred in One Day International (ODI) cricket and he has become the first ever batsman to score two double hundreds in ODI cricket. In the ODI between India and Sri Lanka, Rohit, who was making a comeback after a finger injury, smashed the Lankan bowler all around the park and scored a scintillating double-hundred. Rohit, who was dropped on just 4 runs by Thisara Perera, mad full use of the opportunity and played with a lot of fluency. Rohit gave a great display of attacking ODI batting and toiled around with the Lankan attack.
Here’s the list of highest individual scores in ODIs:
ROHIT SHARMA 264 runs off 173 balls. 33 fours and 9 sixes
| Highest individual scores by a batsman in one day matches (ODI). | ||||||
| Batsman (Country) | Score | Balls | 4s | 6s | Versus | Date |
| Virender Sehwag (India) | 219 | 149 | 25 | 7 | West Indies | 8 Dec 2011 |
| Rohit Sharma (India) | 209 | 158 | 12 | 16 | Australia | 2 Nov 2013 |
| Sachin Tendulkar (India) | 200* | 147 | 25 | 3 | South Africa | 24 Feb 2010 |
| Saeed Anwar (Pakistan) | 194 | 146 | 22 | 5 | India | 21 May 1997 |
| Charls Coventry (Zimbabwe) | 194* | 156 | 16 | 7 | Bangladesh | 16 Aug 2009 |
| Martin Guptill (New Zealand) | 189* | 155 | 19 | 2 | England | 2 Jun 2013 |
| Vivian Richards (West Indies) | 189* | 170 | 21 | 5 | England | 31 May 1984 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) | 189 | 170 | 21 | 5 | India | 29 Oct 2000 |
| Gary Kirsten (South Africa) | 188* | 159 | 23 | 4 | UAE | 16 Feb 1996 |
| Sachin Tendulkar (India) | 186* | 150 | 20 | 3 | New Zealand | 8 Nov 1999 |
| Shane Watson (Australia) | 185* | 96 | 15 | 15 | Bangladesh | 11 Apr 2011 |
| MS Dhoni (India) | 183* | 145 | 15 | 10 | Sri Lanka | 31 Oct 2005 |
| Virat Kohli (India) | 183 | 148 | 22 | 1 | Pakistan | 18 Mar 2012 |
| Sourav Ganguly (India) | 183 | 158 | 17 | 7 | Sri Lanka | 26 May 1999 |
| Vivian Richards (West Indies) | 181 | 125 | 16 | 7 | Sri Lanka | 13 Oct 1987 |
| Mathew Hayden (Australia) | 181* | 166 | 11 | 10 | New Zealand | 20 Feb 2007 |
| Hamilton Masakadza (Zimbabwe) | 178* | 167 | 17 | 4 | Kenya | 18 Oct 2009 |
| Paul Stirling (Ireland) | 177 | 134 | 21 | 5 | Canada | 7 Sep 2010 |
| Kapil Dev (India) | 175* | 138 | 16 | 6 | Zimbabwe | 18 Jun 1983 |
| Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa) | 175 | 111 | 21 | 7 | Australia | 12 Mar 2006 |
| Sachin Tendulkar (India) | 175 | 141 | 19 | 4 | Australia | 5 Nov 2009 |
| Virendra Sehwag (India) | 175 | 140 | 14 | 5 | Bangladesh | 19 Feb 2011 |
| Calum MacLeod (Scotland) | 175 | 141 | 14 | 5 | Canada | 23 Jan 2014 |
| Upul Tharanga (Sri Lanka) | 174* | 159 | 19 | 3 | India | 2 Jul 2013 |
| Mark Waugh (Australia) | 173 | 148 | 16 | 3 | West Indies | 9 Feb 2001 |
| Craig Wishart (Zimbabwe) | 172* | 151 | 18 | 3 | Namibia | 10 Feb 2003 |
| Adam Gilchrist (Australia) | 172 | 126 | 13 | 3 | Zimbabwe | 16 Jan 2004 |
| Lou Vincent (New Zealand) | 172 | 120 | 16 | 9 | Zimbabwe | 24 Aug 2005 |
| Glenn Turner (New Zeland) | 171* | 201 | 16 | 2 | East Africa | 7 Jun 1975 |
| Dave Callaghan (South Africa) | 169* | 143 | 19 | 4 | New Zealand | 11 Dec 1994 |
| Denesh Ramdin (West Indies) | 169 | 121 | 8 | 11 | Bangladesh | 25 Aug 2014 |
| Brian Lara (West Indies) | 169 | 129 | 15 | 4 | Sri Lanka | 16 Oct 1995 |
| Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) | 169 | 137 | 18 | 6 | South Africa | 20 Jul 2013 |
| Robin Smith (England) | 167* | 163 | 17 | 3 | Australia | 21 May 1993 |
| Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) | 166 | 135 | 12 | 10 | Ireland | 1 Jul 2008 |
| Ricky Ponting (Australia) | 164 | 105 | 13 | 9 | South Africa | 12 Mar 2006 |
| Sachin Tendulkar (India) | 163* | 133 | 16 | 5 | New Zealand | 8 Mar 2009 |
| David Warner (Australia) | 163 | 157 | 13 | 2 | Sri Lanka | 4 Mar 2012 |
| Shane Watson (Australia) | 161* | 150 | 12 | 4 | England | 16 Jan 2011 |
| Andrew Hudson (South Africa) | 161 | 132 | 13 | 4 | Netherlands | 5 Mar 1996 |
| James Marshall (New Zealand) | 161 | 141 | 11 | 4 | Ireland | 1 Jul 2008 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) | 160* | 165 | 11 | 3 | India | 28 Feb 2012 |
| Imran Nazir (Pakistan) | 160 | 121 | 14 | 8 | Zimbabwe | 21 Mar 2007 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) | 160 | 124 | 20 | 3 | India | 15 Dec 2009 |
| Dinesh Mongia (India) | 159 | 147 | 17 | 1 | Zimbabwe | 19 Mar 2002 |
