India captain Rohit Sharma is celebrating his thirty seventh birthday as we speak. He’s presently busy taking part in within the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Mumbai Indians and can be taking the sector as we speak towards Lucknow Tremendous Giants. He may even be main India within the T20 World Cup ranging from June 1 within the West Indies and the USA. Amongst all three codecs, Rohit has been a beast within the ODIs and has three double centuries to his title within the format. He has amassed 10709 in 262 matches to this point with 264 being his highest rating.
On the event of his thirty seventh birthday, we check out Hitman’s three double tons:
1. 209 vs Australia in Bengaluru in November 2013
Scoring a double century is perhaps regular in modern-day cricket however Rohit Sharma did it for the primary time when the quantity was a dream for any batter. He smashed a sensation double century towards Australia within the deciding seventh ODI performed on the Chinnaswamy Stadsium in Bengaluru. The present India skipper smacked as many as 16 sixes within the innings to go together with 12 fours launching an surprising assault on the opposition. Having opened the innings, Rohit solely bought out within the remaining over of the innings however not earlier than scoring 209 runs off 158 deliveries propelling India to 383 runs in 50 overs. Staff India gained that match by 57 runs and in addition pocketed the sequence.
2. 264 vs Sri Lanka in Kolkata in November 2014
Precisely a 12 months later, Sri Lanka confronted the wrath of Rohit Sharma’s batting, this time on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. After opting to bat first, India misplaced two wickets for simply 59 runs in 13 overs. However from right here on, Rohit took management of the innings stitching a partnership with then skipper Virat Kohli. Issues appeared to regular till the thirty fifth over when Rohit reached his ton after which there was unreal shift in gear because the hitman took the Sri Lanka bowlers to the cleaners smashing a complete of 33 fours and 9 sixes in his innings. He finally ended up scoring a mammoth 264 off 173 balls and was solely dismissed on the ultimate ball of the innings with India posting 404 runs in 50 overs.
3. 208* vs Sri Lanka in Mohali in December 2017
Quick ahead to a few years, and Rohit Sharma but once more proved why he’s the perfect opener in world cricket. It was Sri Lanka once more on the receiving finish because the India captain slammed an unbeaten 208 off 153 balls with 13 fours and 12 sixes. He batted for 212 minutes and this time round, did not get dismissed both as Rohit turned the primary and solely participant to smash three double centuries within the ODI format. Due to his record-breaking knock, India posted 392 runs of their 50 overs to finally win by 141 runs.
