6 Players who have scored a double century in ODIs

Rohit Sharma has scored 3 double centuries in ODIs.
Rohit Sharma has scored 3 double centuries in ODIs.

#2 Virender Sehwag (India vs West Indies, 2011)

Virender Sehwag played an unbelievable 219 runs inning against West Indies in 2011.
Virender Sehwag played an unbelievable 219 runs inning against West Indies in 2011.

Virender Sehwag was always known for his aggressive nature of batting with the capability of smashing right from the first ball. His signature move of beginning an innings with a boundary became very popular in the cricketing world. With the aggressive nature of batting, to score a double century for Sehwag was not that much difficult.

Nicknamed Viru, Sehwag became the 2nd cricketer in the world to score a double century in ODIs after the legendary Sachin Tendulkar. Viru achieved this milestone against the might, West Indian side during the year 2011. Opening the innings for team India, Sehwag battered the opposition to score 219 runs in just 149 balls with the sparkling strike rate of 146.97.

At that time, it was the highest ever individual score in ODIs which was later broken by Rohit Sharma when he smashed 264 runs against Sri Lanka.

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