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YOUNG CHRONICLE
November 14th, 2014
ROHIT SHARMA’S CRICKET RECORDS
Rohit's 264 is now the highest score in One Day
(ODI) Cricket. The previous record, also held by
an Indian, belonged to Virender Sehwag, who
struck 219 against West Indies on December 8,
2011 in Indore.
Rohit's 264 runs was also the highest score in
ODI cricket ‐ men and women. The previous
record was held by Australia's Belinda Clark,
who scored an 229 against Denmark in Mumbai
on December 16, 1997.
Rohit struck an amazing 33 fours and 9 sixes
during the course of his batting
The 33‐four tally also surpassed the ODI record
for the highest number of fours in an innings. 25
was the previous highest ‐ a record jointly held by
Tendulkar and Sehwag.
India became the Wirst team to post a score of 400+
in an ODI match Wive times.
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Here are India’s highest totals in ODI cricket:
• 418/5 vs West Indies, Indore, 2011
• 414/7 vs Sri Lanka, Rajkot, 2009
• 413/5 vs Bermuda, Port of Spain, 2007
• 404/5 vs Sri Lanka, Kolkata, 2014
• 401/3 vs South Africa, Gwalior, 2010