Stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma led from the front in the second ODI against Sri Lanka in Mohali on Wednesday Dec 13,2017 after India put up a dismal show in the opening game in Dharamsala and brought up his 16th ODI hundred to not only set the platform for a blockbuster finish to the India innings, but also equalled former India opener Virender Sehwag to score his 14th century as opener in the 50-overs format.
Rohit Sharma finished unbeaten on 208(153 Balls 4x13 and 6x12) his third ODI double century to enable India finish @ 392/4 in 50 Overs
LIKE A BOSS! THIRD double century in ODIs. The first man to scale Mt.200 on three occasions in ODIs. Stand up and Salute @ImRo45 #TeamIndia #INDvSL
Scorecard
Rohit Sharma 208*(153 Balls 4x13 and 6x12)
Shikhar Dhawan 68(67 Balls 4x9)
Shreyas Iyer 88(70 Balls 4x9 and 6x2)
M S Dhoni 07(5 Balls 6x1)
Hardik Pandya 08(5 Balls 4x1)
Rohit Sharma now has 3 of the 7 double hundreds scored in ODIs.
Interestingly, Virender Sehwag had scored 14 ODI hundreds as opener in 204 games while Rohit Sharma brought up his 14th hundred as an opener in just 89 games.
Rohit Sharma now has master blaster Sachin Tendulkar and former India skipper Sourav Ganguly ahead of him.
Virender Sehwag will now sit fourth on the elite list after Rohit scores another 100.
Fascinatingly, Rohit Sharma now also has 6 centuries in this calendar year in 20 games.
Sachin Tendulkar scored more centuries in 1998 when he hit 9 centuries in 33 games. He also scored 6 centuries in 1996 from 32 games.
Sourav Ganguly scored 7 centuries in 31 games in 2000 — his first year as captain of the Indian team.
1) 209 Vs AuSrstralia @Bengaluru on Nov 03,2013
2) 264 Vs Sri Lanka @ Eden Gardens Kolkata on Nov 14,2014
December 13 is incidentally also Rohit's 2nd marriage anniversary and he presented wife Ritika with the most of gifts that the cricketer can offer.
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