Rohit Sharma is a supremely talented batsman and that has been on show ever since he made his debut on the big stage. But on November 2, 2013, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, we saw an innings that catapulted him to being one of the most devastating batsmen in world cricket.
India were facing Australia in the decider of a seven-match One-Day International series. Sharma was in good form during the series, having scored 141 runs in the second ODI in Jaipur. However, in Bengaluru, Sharma was in a different zone altogether as he smashed the Australian bowlers all around the park. The Mumbai batsman hit a double-century off 158 balls, with 12 boundaries and 16 towering sixes (an ODI record at the time, broken by Eoin Morgan since).
Rohit Sharma became the third man to hit a double-century in ODIs, followed by Sachin Tendulkar (200) and Virender Sehwag (219).
It was the first of his three ODI double-tons, a record that is going to take some beating.
Video courtesy: BCCI
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