The Highest Individual Scores in ODI Cricket: Records and Statistics

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ODI cricket has significantly changed, particularly since the 2015 ODI World Cup. The 50-over design is currently a simple expansion of the T20 format. Scores over 400 have become a standard in these enormous hitting days. Batters have now and again begun scoring runs more than 150 runs. The openers are the ones who are at the front of this upheaval. ODI cricket hadn’t seen a solitary score over 200 in almost 40 years of its presence. However, the turn of the 10 years in 2010 has seen just about 8 double hundreds being scored. We should see a few names with the most elevated Individual Scores In ODI Cricket.

#1 Rohit Sharma (264)

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Rohit Sharma became the third Indian to score a double hundred in ODIs. He is the leading batsman to achieve three double-hundreds in the configuration. His most memorable double hundred came against Australia in 2013 when he crushed 209. In 2014, he went one stage better. Sharma broke all ODI records in transit to his epic 264 against Sri Lanka.

This stays the most elevated ODI score. His thump comprised 33 fours and 9 sixes. It is the highest level of runs a batsman has scored in limits. It was Sharma’s second double hundred. Sharma didn’t stop there; he scored a third double hundred years against Sri Lanka in 2017. An ODI legend!

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#2 Martin Guptill (237*)

Martin Guptill upped the ante with Chris Gayle in the 2015 ODI World Cup. He enlisted the most elevated score on the planet Cup. Guptill played one of the most venturesome thumps in ODIs. He crushed 237 not out of 163 balls against West Indies. Guptill is the sole New Zealander to have scored a double hundred in ODIs.

#3 Virender Sehwag (219)

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Virender Sehwag had long back (2004) proposed that a double century is conceivable in ODIs. The little expert, Sachin Tendulkar, was quick to stir things up around town numbers in 2010. However, Sehwag before long stuck to this same pattern in 2011. He impacted a 147 ball 219 in Indore against West Indies. His thump was accentuated with 25 limits and 7 sixes.

#4 Chris Gayle (215)

Christopher Henry Gayle is a cricketing legend. He has played the game for north of twenty years at this point. Gayle scored two triple hundreds of years in Tests, and a 200 in ODIs was not far from his scope. Yet, the large hitting Jamaican needed to hold on until the 2015 World Cup to indent up the enormous score. Like Zaman’s, his thump came against a hapless Zimbabwe assault. Gayle scored 215 runs off 147 balls. The innings included 16 sixes and ten limits.

#5 Fakhar Zaman (210*)

Fakhar Zaman became the primary Pakistani batsman to hit a double 100 years in ODIs. His accomplishment came against Zimbabwe. He crushed 210 runs off 156 balls in 2018. His thump included 24 limits and 5 sixes. Zaman, who had consistently taken steps to concoct a significant score, scored an immense one. He remains the leading Pakistani batsman to have arrived at the milestone.

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