Rahul Tiwari
khelja|13-11-2024
Team India is on Australia tour to play Test series. Indian fans are hopeful that they will return with a memorable victory. Exactly the same memory as his captain i.e. Rohit Sharma had once given him. And, which he will not be able to forget throughout his life. The story is a decade old. It is an ODI match, in which Rohit Sharma scored 5 half-centuries one after the other. Now you will say that how is it possible to score 5 half-centuries and that too in an ODI match? Rohit Sharma had made this possible with just one inning. And when this was done, the biggest personal score in ODI history was made, the glory of which is still intact and may continue even in the future.
The year was 2014, the date was 13 November, the ground was Eden Gardens and the match was between India and Sri Lanka. India batted first in that match. Rohit Sharma came to the opening with his partner Ajinkya Rahane. When we landed, it did not seem that we would perform such a miracle, which is recorded in the pages of history today. But. As the game progressed, Rohit Sharma also kept changing colors and gear. The result was that he made the biggest score in the history of ODI cricket, which had never been scored by any batsman before. And, neither has come out yet.
Rohit Sharma faced 173 balls and scored 264 runs, which included 33 fours and 9 sixes. Where is it difficult for any batsman to score even a half-century? But if seen, Rohit Sharma had scored 5 half-centuries in his innings.
Taking notice of the Sri Lankan bowlers during the innings of 264 runs, Rohit Sharma completed his first half-century in 72 balls. He completed his second half-century in 28 balls. Rohit played 25 balls for his third half-century. Whereas he scored his fourth half-century in 26 balls. Rohit Sharma's fastest half-century was the 5th and last. Meaning, Rohit Sharma remained calm only till the first half-century. After that, when the gear changed, there was no sign of stopping.
Now, if only one batsman of a team plays such an innings, then what hope will there be of victory from the opposing team. Same thing happened in that match also. Leave aside the 404 runs scored by Team India, Sri Lanka could not even overcome the score of 264 runs scored by Rohit Sharma alone. She was all out on 251 runs only.