4 Instances when Indian batsmen outscored the opposition

Batting has been team India's dominating strength and certainly has the records to prove it. Time and again the Indian batsmen have produced some magical and yet some of the greatest knocks that the cricketing world has ever witnessed.

There have been instances in ODI cricket when a team's player completely outscores the opposition team's total. It sounds astounding to one and all, but the Indian team has featured in some of these instances. With a batting heavy team like India, it is obvious to witness these knocks.

Let's take a look at the instances when the Indian batsmen outscored the opposition in an ODI:

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#4 Sachin Tendulkar 152 vs Namibia 130/10, Pietermaritzburg, 2003

Tendulkar scored a masterclass 152 against Namibia in 2003 World Cup

Sachin Tendulkar has to feature in this list as the master himself has conquered most of the batting records and has played some of the best innings in his entire career.

It was the occasion of the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup, where India was facing African nation Namibia. It was understood that it would be a one-sided affair and turned out to be the same.

Batting first, India lost Sehwag early, but Sachin had different plans. Partnered with Ganguly, the duo stitched a 244-run partnership for the second wicket, with Sachin ending up with a brilliant 152 off 151 balls with a staggering 18 boundaries to his name.

The African side was in disarray as India had piled on a mammoth 311/2 by the end of their 50 overs, courtesy Tendulkar's 152.

Namibia were however bowled out for a paltry score of 130 as Yuvraj picked up 4 as the world cup debutants failed to even surpass the individual score of the Master Blaster and were outscored by a good margin of 22 runs in the end.

#3 Yuvraj Singh 102* vs Bangladesh 76/10, Dhaka 2003

Yuvraj scored a quickfire 102* against Bangladesh

Bangladesh had just started to grab attention in international cricket and were facing the tough teams like India and South Africa in a tri-series tournament at home. In the first match of the TVS Cup, India batted first and with the help of Yuvraj's 102* off 85 balls went onto score 276 at the end of their innings

It seemed a competitive total first and the fans hoped for a good fight from the Bangladesh team. But the likes of Zaheer Khan and Ajit Agarkar had other ideas as they knocked out the opposition for a mere 76 runs in 27 overs.

The Bangladesh team failed to even match the score of 102 by Yuvraj Singh and suffered a humiliating 200-run defeat in the opening match of the series. Bangladesh fell short by 26 runs and were outscored by Yuvraj's knock alone.

#2 Rohit Sharma 264 v Sri Lanka 251/10, Kolkata, 2014

Rohit Sharma's 264 is still the highest individual ODI score

It was seriously an innings for ages. One of the best and has been etched in everyone's mind whoever witnessed it.

Rohit Sharma was coming back from an injury and it was vital for him to perform to get back his place in the team. The Sri Lankan team didn't know what was coming as they were taken out of the park by the sheer audacity of Rohit Sharma.

He went onto score his second double-hundred, an unmatchable 264 runs off 173 balls and brought the world to its feet to applaud his masterclass innings. India went onto score 404/ 5 in their allotted 50 overs.

In reply, the Sri Lankan innings never got off to the start they needed to chase this mammoth total. They kept losing wickets and were eventually bowled out for 251 runs, 13 short of Rohit's score of 264.

#1 Rohit Sharma 162 v Windies 153/10, Mumbai, 2018

Rohit's knock of 162 outscored Windies team total

Rohit Sharma features once again on this list because of his knack of scoring daddy-hundreds. India were up against a determined Windies team who had already levelled the series and looked for a lead in the fourth match of the series.

India went into bat first and it was the Rohit Sharma show once again in Mumbai's Brabourne Stadium. Rohit did what he does the best, toying with the opposition bowling and went onto score a second 150-plus total in the series.

He was looking good for his fourth ODI double-hundred but got out at the score of 162 in the end. India went onto score 377/5 at the end of the innings.

Windies came out to chase the total but never got going in the first place. They kept losing their wickets and were eventually were bowled out for 153 runs, hence falling short of Rohit's individual score of 162 runs.