It’s a rare feat when a single player outscores the opposition, but that’s what India’s Rohit Sharma managed to do when he clobbered 264 runs against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens on this day two years ago.
The ODI score set the record for the highest individual mark in the format, surpassing Sharma’s own 209, Virender Sehwag’s 219 and the previous record of 229 by Belinda Clark.
India would win easily as Sri Lanka managed just 251 between them, but the story was Sharma, who scored at a run-a-ball rate to reach the century before firing off the remaining 164 in just 73 balls.
Sharma’s impressive performance remains perched at the top for ODI scores.
Here’s the other sporting events that happened on this day:
1954: Great Britain beat France 16-12 to win the first edition of the Rugby League World Cup.
1992: Riddick Bowe defeats Evander Holyfield in 12 rounds for the heavy-weight boxing title.
1994: Michael Schumacher wins the Formula One title by one point.
2014: Clayton Kershaw and Mike Trout win the MLB’s MVP awards for the NL and AL, respectively.
