Rohit sharma hits doube ton; scripts history

Rohit Sharma on Thursday created history when he became the first player to score two double hundreds in ODIs. He finished his innings on a record 264 - the highest by any cricketer - against Sri Lanka in Eden Gardens on Thursday

Rohit surpassed several records including Virender Sehwag's 219 and his own 209 - scored against Australia in Bangalore last year

Rohit's tally of 42 boundaries (33 fours and 9 sixes) is also a record by a batsman in an innings in ODIs, eclipsing the 32 (25 fours, 7 sixes) by Virender Sehwag during his innings of 219 vs West Indies at Indore on December 8, 2011

Sri Lanka never looked likely to reach India's total in reply, losing their first wicket three balls into their innings and eventually succumbing to just 251 - 13 runs fewer than Sharma scored alone

All four ODI double-hundreds have been scored by Indian batsmen, with Sachin Tendulkar the first to reach the landmark against South Africa in 2010

Fellow team mate Virat Kohli said: "Today is the kind of day I can tell my kids I was there. I don't think this record is getting broken anytime soon.”

264 (173) Rohit Sharma (Ind) vs S Lanka (Kolkata) (2014) 219 (149) Virender Sehwag (Ind) vs WI (Indore) (2011) 209 (158) Rohit Sharma (Ind) vs Aus (Bangalore) (2013) 200 no (147) Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) vs SA (Gwalior) (2010) 194 no (156) Charles Coventry (Zimbabwe) vs Bangladesh (Bulawayo) (2009) 194 (146) Saeed Anwar (Pakistan) vs India (Chennai) (1997) 189 (170) Viv Richards (West Indies) vs England (Manchester) (1984) 189 no (155) Martin Guptill (NZ) vs England (Southampton) (2013) 189 (161) Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) vs India (Sharjah) (2000) 188 no (159) Gary Kirsten (SA) vs UAE (Rawalpindi) (1996)