Rohit Sharma recorded highest ODI individual score for 8 consecutive years for India

Do you know Rohit Sharma has an unparalleled and unprecedented record of scoring highest ODI score for 8 consecutive years for India? Details of Rohit Sharma highest scores from 2013 to 2020 when Rohit Sharma was the highest scorer for India.

Rohit Sharma recorded highest ODI individual score for 8 consecutive years for India

Rohit Sharma recorded highest individual score for India for 8 consecutive years

Rohit Sharma in cricket fraternity is also referred as Hitman. It is because of his sheer ability of hitting sixes with ease. But do you know Rohit Sharma also has a record of scoring highest scores for India for eight consecutive years. This is an unparalleled and unmatched record in history of cricket. No batsman from any country has achieved this record except Rohit Sharma.

Rohit Sharma has this wonderful ability of is scoring big hundreds at will. Not only in one day cricket but also in test matches and T20 matches Rohit Sharma has created few of the records which are like Unbreakable.

From 2013 to 2020, for the 8 consecutive years Rohit Sharma remains the top scorer (in terms of highest score) for India in ODI cricket. In all these Highest scores there are 3 Double Centuries as well. Please note that in one day internationals no other batsman has scored double century twice. Rohit Sharma also holds the record of highest individual score in ODI. Rohit Sharma highest one day score is 264 against Sri Lanka.

Highest ODI score of Rohit Sharma for each year from 2013 to 2020 is given below.

RunsYearOppositionGroundMatch Date
2092013v AustraliaBengaluru02-Nov-13
2642014v Sri LankaKolkata13-Nov-14
1502015v South AfricaKanpur11-Oct-15
171*2016v AustraliaPerth12-Jan-16
208*2017v Sri LankaMohali13-Dec-17
1622018v West IndiesMumbai (BS)29-Oct-18
1592019v West IndiesVisakhapatnam18-Dec-19
1192020v AustraliaBengaluru19-Jan-19

Eventually these are also the highest score for any Indian batsman for all these 8 consecutive years.

Progressive record holders for highest score in ODIs
Progressive record holders for highest score in ODIs

Rohit Sharma highest score in ODI 2013

This is the year when Rohit Sharma scored his first double century. In a match against Australia in Bengaluru in November 2013, with the help of Rohit Sharma’s 209 runs, India posted a mammoth total of 383 runs for 6 wickets. India won this match by 57 runs and Rohit Sharma was awarded man of the match for his outstanding performance of scoring 209 in just 158 balls with 16 sixes and 12 fours.

Rohit Sharma became the third batsman to score a double-ton in ODIs

In 2013 this was the highest score for any Indian batsman in one day internationals.

Rohit Sharma highest score in 2014 in ODI

In year 2014 Rohit Sharma scored a brilliant 264 against Sri Lanka. In a match at Kolkata in November 2014 Rohit scored 264 runs 173 balls with 33 force and 9 sixes. With the help of Rohit Sharma 264 India posted huge total of 404 runs for 5 wickets in allotted 50 overs. Sri Lanka was bowled out on 251 runs and India won this match by 153 runs. In the list of Rohit Sharma highest scores 264 comes at the top.

Rohit Sharma 264 is also the highest individual score in any one day international by any batsman.

Rohit Sharma highest score in ODI in 2015

Rohit Sharma was the top run scorer for the 3rd consecutive year when Rohit scored 150 runs on 133 balls with 6 sixes and 13 fours. This was the first ODI between India and South Africa at Kanpur in October 2015.

Unfortunately for India Rohit was not able to win this match for India as India was just 5 run short of chasing the target of 303. India managed to score 298 runs for 7 wickets in 50 overs.

Rohit Sharma highest score in ODI in 2016

Rohit Sharma scored a massive 171 runs when India played Australia at Perth in January 2016. India has scored 309/4 in their 50 overs. Australia was able to manage the win by chasing this target in 49.2 overs. Australia won the match by 5 wickets but nevertheless Rohit was top scorer for this year as well for India with scoring 171 runs with 13 fours and 7 sixes.

Rohit Sharma highest score in ODI in 2017

Rohit Sharma scored his 3rd double century in one day internationals against Sri Lanka in a match at Mohali in December 2017. India scored 392 runs for 4 wickets in which Rohit Sharma scored 208* runs with 12 sixes and 13 fours. India won this match by 141 runs.

Rohit Sharma soaks in his third double-hundred in ODIs

Rohit Sharma highest score in ODI in 2018

In a match against West Indies in October 2018 at Mumbai, Rohit Sharma scored 162 runs in 137 balls with 20 fours and 4 sixes. India scored a huge total of 377 runs for 5 wickets in their quota of 50 overs. In reply, West Indies bowled out on only 153 runs. India won the match by a massive margin of 224 runs.

Rohit Sharma highest score in ODI in 2019

2019 was a dream year for Rohit Sharma. In this year Rohit had a dream world cup when Rohit hit 5 centuries in a single World Cup edition 2019. This is most number of centuries in a single World Cup. At the end of this year in December 2019 in a match against West Indies at Visakhapatnam Rohit again scored a massive 159 runs in 138 deliveries. This was again the highest score of an Indian batsman for this year. India won this match by 107 runs.

Rohit Sharma highest score in ODI in 2020

As we all know this year 2020 was the covid-19 affected year and all the countries including India played very few matches in this year. Rohit Sharma played only 3 ODI matches in 2020. In match against Australia in January 2020 he scored a century. In response to 286 runs of Australian total India successfully managed to score 289 runs for 3 wickets thanks to Rohit Sharma brilliant 119. India won this match by 7 wickets.

Rohit Sharma top 10 highest score in ODI is given below (Rohit Sharma ODI high score list);

RunsBallsOppositionGroundMatch Date
264173v Sri LankaKolkata13-Nov-14
209158v AustraliaBengaluru02-Nov-13
208*153v Sri LankaMohali13-Dec-17
171*163v AustraliaPerth12-Jan-16
162137v West IndiesMumbai (BS)29-Oct-18
159138v West IndiesVisakhapatnam18-Dec-19
152*117v West IndiesGuwahati21-Oct-18
150133v South AfricaKanpur11-Oct-15
147138v New ZealandKanpur29-Oct-17
141*123v AustraliaJaipur16-Oct-13

FAQ

What is the highest score of Rohit Sharma in ODI?

Rohit Sharma highest score in a match is 264 runs against Sri Lanka. He scored this double century in 2014.

What is Rohit Sharma second highest score in ODI?

Rohit Sharma second highest score in ODI is 209 runs when he smashed this double century against Australia. This was Rohit Sharma’s first double century as well.

What is Rohit Sharma highest ODI score vs Australia?

Rohit Sharma one day highest score is 264 runs.

Can we know Rohit Sharma highest score in ODI in how many balls?

Rohit Sharma scored 264 runs in 173 balls against Sri Lanka.

What is Rohit Sharma one day highest score?

Rohit Sharma one day highest score is 264 runs.

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