Statistical comparison of the five double centuries in ODIs
Chris Gayle scored World Cup’s first double century at Canberra against Zimbabwe on February 24, 2015. The date when exactly five years ago, ODI cricket’s first double century was scored by Sachin Tendulkar against South Africa at Gwalior. Gayle scored 215 off 147 balls including ten fours and 16 sixes and broke many records during the course of his innings.
Gayle’s double century is the fifth double century in ODIs but the first by a non-Indian and first outside India. The first four double centuries were all by Indians in India.
Five double centuries in ODIs
|
Batsman |
Runs |
Balls |
Fours |
Sixes |
S/R |
Opposition |
Venue |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sachin Tendulkar |
200* |
147 |
25 |
3 |
136.05 |
South Africa |
Gwalior |
February 24, 2010 |
|
Virender Sehwag |
219 |
149 |
25 |
7 |
149.97 |
West Indies |
Indore |
December 8, 2011 |
|
Rohit Sharma |
209 |
158 |
12 |
16 |
132.27 |
Australia |
Bangalore |
November 2, 2013 |
|
Rohit Sharma |
264 |
173 |
33 |
9 |
152.60 |
Sri Lanka |
Kolkata |
November 13, 2014 |
|
Chris Gayle |
215 |
147 |
10 |
16 |
146.25 |
Zimbabwe |
Canberra |
February 24, 2015 |
On the occasion of the fifth double century of ODIs and the first of World Cups, let us see a comparison between these knocks and see who was better in which aspects.
Split of each 50-run mark
| Runs | Sachin (200*) | Sehwag (219) | Rohit (209) | Rohit (264) | Gayle (215) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balls | 4s | 6s | Balls | 4s | 6s | Balls | 4s | 6s | Balls | 4s | 6s | Balls | 4s | 6s | |
| 0 to 50 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 4 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 4 | 2 |
| 51 to 100 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 3 |
| 101 to 150 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 5 |
| 151 to 200 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 5 |
| Till 200 | 147 | 25 | 3 | 140 | 23 | 6 | 156 | 12 | 15 | 151 | 25 | 5 | 138 | 8 | 15 |
It is clear from the above table that Chris Gayle was the quickest to reach the double century mark. He got it in 138 balls while Sehwag did it in 140 balls, Sachin in 147, Rohit Sharma (264) in 151 balls and in 156 balls in his innings of 209.
The fastest 50-run interval was also Gayle’s. He reached from 151 to 200 runs in just 12 balls. Rohit Sharma did this in 16 balls in his innings of 209.
Team’s overs wise split up
|
Overs |
Sachin (200*) |
Sehwag (219) |
Rohit (209) |
Rohit (264) |
Gayle (215) |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs | 4s/6s | Runs | 4s/6s | Runs | 4s/6s | Runs | 4s/6s | Runs | 4s/6s | |
|
0.1 to 10 |
46 (32) |
8/0 |
29 (25) |
3/1 |
25 (36) |
3/1 |
12 (25) |
1/0 |
24 (36) |
3/0 |
|
10.1 to 20 |
33 (29) |
4/0 |
49 (33) |
4/3 |
16 (23) |
0/0 |
29 (37) |
4/0 |
33 (31) |
2/2 |
|
20.1 to 30 |
31 (35) |
3/0 |
50 (36) |
5/1 |
44 (28) |
0/5 |
52 (33) |
6/1 |
34 (29) |
0/3 |
|
30.1 to 40 |
50 (29) |
8/1 |
54 (37) |
8/1 |
28 (36) |
2/1 |
61 (34) |
8/2 |
43 (34) |
1/3 |
|
40.1 to 50 |
40 (22) |
2/2 |
37 (18) |
5/1 |
96 (35) |
7/9 |
110 (44) |
14/6 |
81 (27) |
4/8 |
|
0.1 to 50 |
200 (147) |
25/3 |
219 (149) |
25/7 |
209 (158) |
12/16 |
264 (173) |
33/9 |
215 (147) |
10/16 |
In all the double centuries, the batsmen had quite slow starts. Tendulkar scored the most runs in the first ten overs among all. He scored 46 runs off 32 compared to 29 by Sehwag, 25 by Rohit in his 209, 12 by Rohit in 264 and 24 by Gayle.
Considering the last ten overs, it was Rohit Sharma all the way. He smashed 96 runs off 35 balls in his innings of 209 with seven fours and nine sixes. In his 265, Rohit Sharma scored 110 off 44 balls with 14 fours and six sixes. Gayle scored 81 off 27 with four fours and eight sixes.
% of runs in boundaries
|
Batsman |
Runs (balls) |
4s/6s |
Runs from Boundaries |
% of runs in boundaries |
|
Sachin Tendulkar |
200* (147) |
25/3 |
118 |
59.00 |
|
Virender Sehwag |
219 (149) |
25/7 |
142 |
64.84 |
|
Rohit Sharma |
209 (158) |
12/16 |
144 |
68.90 |
|
Rohit Sharma |
264 (173) |
33/9 |
186 |
70.45 |
|
Chris Gayle |
215 (147) |
10/16 |
136 |
63.26 |
Tendulkar, in his knock, had scored 59% of runs in boundaries, which is the lowest among all. The highest percentage being Rohit Sharma’s in his 264 off 173. In that innings, 70.45% of Rohit’s runs came from boundaries.
Off side vs On side
| Side | Sachin (200*) | Sehwag (219) | Rohit (209) | Rohit (264) | Gayle (215) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs | 4s/6s | Runs | 4s/6s | Runs | 4s/6s | Runs | 4s/6s | Runs | 4s/6s | |
| Off side | 90 | 12/1 | 99 | 12/3 | 108 | 9/5 | 147 | 22/4 | 58 | 2/1 |
| On side | 110 | 13/2 | 120 | 13/4 | 101 | 3/11 | 117 | 11/5 | 157 | 8/15 |
Rohit Sharma, in both his double centuries, scored at least 100 runs on both sides of the wicket while the others did so on only one side of the wicket. Gayle’s one side was the most dominated. He scored 157 out of 215 runs on the on side and only 58 runs on the off side. Out of his 16 sixes, he hit 15 on the on side.
Reaching each 50-run mark
|
Runs |
Sachin (200*) |
Sehwag (219) |
Rohit (209) |
Rohit (264) |
Gayle (215) |
|
1st |
1.3 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
|
50th |
11.4 |
14.6 |
23.4 |
23.1 |
17.5 |
|
100th |
27.6 |
22.4 |
37.4 |
31.1 |
35.1 |
|
150th |
37.3 |
35.3 |
45.3 |
38.1 |
42.4 |
|
200th |
49.3 |
43.3 |
49.1 |
45.3 |
45.5 |
Among all the double centuries, Rohit, in his 209, got to his century the latest (in the 38th over) while Sehwag got there the earliest (in the 23rd over). Well, Sehwag got to his century in the 23rd over whereas Rohit Sharma got to his half-centuries in the 24th over in both his double centuries.
Gayle got to his 150 in the 43rd over but reached his 200 in the 46th over. Sehwag reached the 200 mark the earliest – 44th over – while Sachin got to it the latest – 3rd ball of the 50th over.
Except Sachin, all the other four double centuries saw the batsman eventually being dismissed. Rohit was dismissed in the final over in his 209 and off the final ball in his 264. Gayle also lost his wicket off the last delivery of the innings.