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Figure out Rohit Sharma's sensational 209 at Bangalore!

Last updated on: November 02, 2013 19:48 IST

Image: Rohit Sharma celebrates
Photographs: BCCI Rediff Sports Desk

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The right-handed batsman wrote his name in record books as he became only the third cricketer after compatriots Sachin Tendulkar (200) and Virender Sehwag (219) to score a double hundred in ODIs.

Sharma smashed 209 from 158 balls in the deciding ODI against Australia at Bangalore on Saturday.

Figure out Rohit Sharma's sensational 209 at Bangalore!

Image: Rohit Sharma
Photographs: BCCI Rediff Sports Desk

Sharma hit the first two balls of the last over for six but was caught at deep square leg off the third, leaving Virender Sehwag's 219 as the record.

Figure out Rohit Sharma's sensational 209 at Bangalore!

Image: Rohit Sharma
Photographs: BCCI Rediff Sports Desk

The Mumbai lad hit the most number of sixes in an ODI innings.

His 16 sixes broke Shane Watson's record of 15 in an ODI innings.

Figure out Rohit Sharma's sensational 209 at Bangalore!


Photographs: BCCI Rediff Sports Desk

Sharma also crossed the 1,000-run mark in 2013 in the course of Saturday's innings.

Figure out Rohit Sharma's sensational 209 at Bangalore!

Image: Rohit Sharma in action
Photographs: BCCI Rediff Sports Desk

Rohit Sharma's 209 is the highest individual score at Bangalore. He went past Andrew Strauss, who made 158 during the 2011 WC match against India.

Figure out Rohit Sharma's sensational 209 at Bangalore!

Image: Rohit Sharma
Photographs: BCCI Rediff Sports Desk

Sharma now has the highest score by any batsmen against Australia. When he reached 176, he went past Sachin Tendulkar and Hershcelle Gibbs for the highest individual score against Australia.