10 Most Destructive One Day International innings of all time

#1 Rohit Sharma’s 264 against Sri Lanka at Kolkata in 2014

Rohit Sharma's innings of 264 would stand the test of time

Rohit Sharma and Eden Gardens are made for each other. He always reserves his best at the Eden Gardens. It was no different in the fourth ODI against Sri Lanka in 2014. This time around Sharma was lucky to be dropped by Thisara Perera on 4, which proved to be the costliest miss in ODI cricket history.

India and Rohit Sharma started the innings quietly as India reached hundred in the 22nd over for the loss of Ajinkya Rahane and Ambati Rayadu. Rohit, as always, slowly reached his 50 off 72 balls. However, in the company of Virat Kohli, Sharma accelerated to his 100 off 100 balls with 12 fours and one six. He reached his hundred in the 32nd over of the innings and the team’s total at the end of that over was 186 for 2.

Rohit switched over to top gear from then on and reached his next 50 off 25 balls. In between, Kohli was run-out in a mix-up with Rohit which made him more determined to play really big innings.

He took exactly 26 more balls to reach his next fifty and 200 off 151 balls. In the process, Rohit became the first batsmen to score 2 double hundreds in ODIs. Rohit got to his double hundred in the 46th over of the innings and only 4 more overs were left for him to do further damage.

From 200 to 264, Rohit hit 9 fours and 4 sixes totaling 60 out of 64 runs. He got out to the last ball of the innings for 264 off 173 balls with 33 fours (a new record) and 9 sixes at a strike rate of 152. He added 128 runs for the fifth wicket in the last 10 overs with Robin Uthappa who contributed a meager 16. Such was the total domination of the hit man. In reply, the entire Sri Lankan team managed to score only 251.

Rohit Sharma’s highest individual record score of 264 would definitely stand the test of time.