5 times when the previous record holder broke their own record

#4 Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar became the first man to score an ODI double hundred

February 24, 2010 - Sachin Tendulkar became the first male cricketer to score an ODI double hundred, pulverizing a South African attack, and finishing unbeaten on exactly 200 at Gwalior.

While this was a world record for highest ODI sore previously held by Saeed Anwar and Charles Coventry, Sachin Tendulkar was the holder of the national record for the highest ODI score by an Indian, which he also broke that day.

Before that knock, no Indian had managed to breach Sachin's mark of 186*, compiled against New Zealand in 1999, for more than a decade, until he himself broke the record.

Since then, Rohit Sharma has gone past Tendulkar's record thrice!