Rohit Sharma's extraordinary contribution to limited overs cricket

Rohit Sharma, ' Hitman', has given us a lot of memorable moments in last decade.  explosive batsman, who made his international debut in 2007, has scored more than 12000 runs in his career. He also holds unique record of scoring most number of double hundreds in ODIs, with three he has scored between 2013 and 2017. Today, we take a look at three of Rohit Sharma's biggest career highlights, until w. 

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Most runs in a single World Cup 

In 2019, Rohit Sharma scored 648 runs at ICC Cricket World Cup. t only was he leading run-scorer of tournament but he also scored five hundreds, which is highest number of hundreds scored by any batsman in a single edition of World Cup. Rohit scored hundreds against South Africa, Pakistan, England, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Rohit was a very big factor in India easily making it to semi-finals of  World Cup and fans really admired Sharma for his consistency. 

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Most double-hundreds in ODIs

Rohit Sharma scored his first double hundred in 2013 against Australia. This was only third ODI double hundred ever scored and Rohit was behind Virender Sehwag who held record for highest score in ODIs with his 219 that he made against Windies in 2011. What set him apart was his innings in following year where he absolutely annihilated Sri Lanka and scored 264 in a single game. Five years later, this instance still remains only time when a batsman made more than 250 in an ODI innings. In 2017, Rohit struck again and scored 208 against Sri Lanka, making him only batsman to score three double-hundreds in ODIs. Among eight double-hundreds scored in history of ODI cricket, Rohit has scored three. This record in itself had solidified Rohit's legacy in cricket culture as a world-class batsman. 

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Captain of most successful team in IPL - Mumbai Indians

Rohit Sharma started leading Mumbai Indians in 2013, when an out-of-form Ricky Ponting sat himself out. This was probably biggest blessing-in-disguise for MI as y discovered a trustworthy captain in form of Sharma. Rohit Sharma led MI to ir maiden IPL title that year. Six years later, MI have won four IPL titles and are currently most successful team in history of league.  

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