First Double Century In Odi Cricket. Before sachin tendulkar scored the first double century in men s odi s it was belinda clark who scored the first ever in limited overs cricket. Sachin tendulkar currently holds the record for most odi centuries having scored 49 odi centuries followed by virat kohli with 43 odi centuries ricky ponting 30 odi centuries and rohit sharma 29 odi centuries.
The 2 time world cup winning captain played an incredible knock of 229 from just 155 balls unheard of in those times against a hapless denmark side. Sachin tendulkar india s master batsman was the first men s cricketer to score a double hundred in odi in a match against south africa which was then followed by virender sehwag s 219 vs west indies. The indian batting maestro reached the landmark off the 147th ball he faced dabbing a charl langeveldt yorker to point and setting off for a quick single.
A decade ago on this very day sachin tendulkar made history when he became the first man in the history of cricket to score a double century in a one day international odi.
Before sachin tendulkar scored the first double century in men s odi s it was belinda clark who scored the first ever in limited overs cricket. Sachin tendulkar india s master batsman was the first men s cricketer to score a double hundred in odi in a match against south africa which was then followed by virender sehwag s 219 vs west indies. By the end of the match clarke remained not out scoring a total of 229 runs off 155 balls scoring 22 4 s. First player to score a double century in a one day international is belinda clarke australia in a world cup match against denmark in mumbai india on 16 december 1997.
