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New Delhi, Dec 13 (PTI) Rohit Sharma today enhanced hisstatus as one of the finest limited overs batsman of hisgeneration completing a hat-trick of...

New Delhi, Dec 13 (PTI) Rohit Sharma today enhanced hisstatus as one of the finest limited overs batsman of hisgeneration completing a hat-trick of double hundreds in OneDay Internationals.

While Rohit holds the world record score of 264 versusSri Lanka in Kolkata, he scored his first ever double ton --209 against Australia in Bengaluru, back in 2013.

In all, seven double hundred have been scored in ODIs andthree belong to the stylish Mumbaikar.

The other four double hundreds have been hit by SachinTendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Martin Guptill and Chris Gayle.

Rohit's 208 not out against Sri Lanka today is the secondhighest individual score by a captain in ODIs with Sehwag's219 against West Indies in Indore back in 2011 still topingthe charts.

Rohit now has 16 hundreds from 173 ODIs with 6417 runs tohis credit. PTI KHS SSCKHS.

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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