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Rohit Sharma's innings 264 versus Sri Lanka

Rohit Sharma and his 3 colossal double hundreds

Rohit Sharma has always been a talented cricketer. Until 2013, he was given multiple opportunities in different batting positions, but he never fulfilled his potential.

The 2013 Champions Trophy was a major turning point in his career when MS Dhoni decided to make him an opener in ODIs. He played a major role in India's triumph in that tournament and established himself as a regular opener in India's limited overs setup, continuing to dominate attacks at the top.

In 2014, after recovering from an injury, Rohit was making a comeback into the Indian side in a series against Sri Lanka. India had already won the series 3-0 and the fourth ODI in Kolkata seemed inconsequential.

Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to bat first on a good wicket. Rohit Sharma started his innings nervously and was dropped on 4 by Thisara Perera. Little did the Islander knew that it would prove to be one of the costliest drops in cricketing history. Rohit motored along well and scored his century at run a ball.

What followed after this, was absolute carnage which was hard to digest for the hapless Lankans. Rohit suddenly switched over to 7th gear and started decimating the Lankan bowling from the 30th over. He scored 14 runs off 4 balls in that over and announced his intentions.

Once Rohit got on a roll, he was unstoppable and the ball, more often than not, was smacked from the sweet spot of his bat.

The last 164 runs were scored off a mere 73 balls, and when he was finally dismissed, he had broken several records. He had the highest number of boundaries and the highest boundary percentage. It included 33 hits to the fence and 11 over it. India scored 404, and Rohit, after massacring the Lankan attack, ended up with 264.

Sri Lankans, who were dented psychologically, combined to manage just 257. Rohit Sharma, at that point in time, became the only batsman to score 2 double hundreds in ODI cricket, something, he would change in 3 years time when he scored 208 against the same opposition in almost a similar manner.