Stats: Rohit Sharma shreds record books with third 200 in ODIs
After a horrid start to his Indian captaincy stint at Dharamsala, Rohit Sharma came back to form in some style, taking the Sri Lankan attack to the cleaners with a breathtaking knock of 208, smashing a number of records in the process.
Assisted by Shikhar Dhawan at the start of the innings, and Shreyas Iyer thereafter, Rohit Sharma launched his pyrotechnics all over Mohali, changing gears as the innings neared the 40 overs mark by taking Suranga Lakmal, India's tormentor in the first game, by the scruff of his neck to finish with his third double-hundred in ODIs, by far the most by anyone ever.
He ended with the second highest score by an Indian skipper in ODIs ever, and proved how the burden of captaincy did little to affect his magical batting touch in the 50-overs format.
Here are all the numbers from Rohit Sharma's Mohali blitz:
Captains to score 200s in ODIs
Virender Sehwag v WI at Indore in 2011
Rohit Sharma v SL at Mohali in 2017.
1 - Rohit Sharma now has most sixes in a calendar year in ODIs for India:
41 - ROHIT SHARMA, 2017*
40 - Sachin Tendulkar, 1998
35 - Sourav Ganguly, 2000
1 - Rohit Sharma is the first batsman in ODI history to twice score 100+ runs in the last ten overs (41-50). He scored 107 today and 110 vs SL in Kolkata in 2014.
2 - Rohit Sharma became the second Indian batsman to score four consecutive sixes in four deliveries.
Four consecutive sixes in ODI by an Indian Batsman
Zaheer Khan against Henry Olonga, 2000
Rohit Sharma against Lakmal, 2017
2 - Rohit Sharma is now joint with Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir to have taken the fewest ODIs to score a maiden 100 as captain for India.
1 Sachin Tendulkar
2 G Gambhir/ Virat Kohli/ Rohit Sharma
4 Ajay Jadeja
5 Mohammad Azharuddin
6 Sourav Ganguly
3 - Rohit now has the most 180+ scores in ODIs:
3 Martin Guptill, Rohit Sharma
2 Vivian Richards, Sachin Tendulkar
4 - Rohit Sharma is now fourth in the list of batsmen with most sixes for India in ODIs.
Most sixes for India in ODIs:
208 - MS Dhoni
195 - Sachin Tendulkar
189 - Sourav Ganguly
162 - ROHIT SHARMA*
153 - Yuvraj Singh
4 - Rohit Sharma is now fourth in the list of batsmen with most ODI hundreds for India. He overtook Virender Sehwag with today's knock.
49 Sachin Tendulkar
32 Virat Kohli
22 Sourav Ganguly
16 ROHIT SHARMA
15 Virender Sehwag
14 Yuvraj Singh
5 - Sharma is now joint with Sachin Tendulkar and David Warner for most 150+ scores in ODIs:
5 - Sachin Tendulkar / David Warner / ROHIT SHARMA
4 - Sanath Jayasuriya / Chris Gayle / Hashim Amla
8 - Most 6s by an Indian captain in an ODI innings:
Rohit Sharma - 12* (v Sri Lanka at Mohali, TODAY)
Virender Sehwag - 7 (v West Indies at Indore)
Sourav Ganguly - 7 (v Bangladesh at Dhaka)
12 - He hit 12 maximums in the innings, and is now occupies three out of the first four spots in the list of most sixes by an Indian batsman in an ODI innings.
Most sixes in an ODI innings for INDIA:
16 - Rohit Sharma vs Australia, 2013
12 - ROHIT SHARMA vs Sri Lanka, 2017
10 - MS Dhoni vs Sri Lanka, 2005
9 - Rohit Sharma vs Sri Lanka, 2014
100 - This is the 100th time India has gone past 300 in ODIs, the most by a team.
Most 300+ totals:
100 India
96 Aus
79 SA
69 Pak
66 SL
58 Eng
52 NZ
38 WI
25 Zim
11 Ban
151 - Both of Rohit Sharma's double hundreds against Sri Lanka came off 151 balls: the first one was scored on 13-11-2014, the second one on 13-12-2017.
In the last five years, Rohit Sharma has been in breathtaking form, season after season. Here are the highest scores for India in ODIs last 5 years:
2013 - Rohit 209
2014 - Rohit 264
2015 - Rohit 150
2016 - Rohit 171*
2017 - Rohit 208*