Rohit Sharmas record-breaking 264: What they said! Rohit Sharmas world-record breaking 264 on Thursday against Sri Lanka set the cricket world abuzz with shock and awe for the marathon knock. Current and former cricketers took to twitter to congratulate Rohit on the monumental feat of becoming the first player in ODI history to score two double hundreds. India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is sidelined due to a hand injury, praised Rohit for living up to his talent. Very well batted Rohit.thats Rohit for everyone,sheer talent.Enjoy and Witness the class in action.— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) November 13, 2014 Rohit himself is far from being satisfied. I am happy, not relieved. I can tell you that at a young age, I never thought I will play that kind of innings and all the records happened to me. Still there is lot more to do, he said at media conference after Indias 153-run win at the Eden Gardens. Meanwhile, Rohit Sharmas coach Dinesh Lad, who was over the moon with his apprentices thrilling performance, said that he is the happiest person in the world. This is an unbelievable victory. I cannot express my feeling. I am the happiest person on earth today, Lad told ANI. At the same time, former Indian captain and his Mumbai Indians mentor Anil Kumble was pleased that was able to make such an impact in his comeback game. Great start to the season with a superlative century @ImRo45. Well done! Keep it up! #IndvSL— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) November 13, 2014 Next target @ImRo45a double hundred in IPL, just asking...anything possible! Incredible, still cant believe @mipaltan @BCCI— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) November 13, 2014Harbhajan Singh, Rohits Mumbai Indians teammate, tweeted: A record which is going to stay !! A delight 2 watch! Well done bro for creating history! A record which is going to stay !! A delight 2 watch! Well done bro for creating history! @ImRo45#264 #class#outstanding @BCCI— Harbhajan Singh (@harbhajan_singh) November 13, 2014For Yuvraj Singh, Rohits knock was a treat to watch. @ImRo45u beauty ! Amazing to watch such control of batting ! Great knock brothaman— yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) November 13, 2014Sanjay Manjrekar felt Rohits effort was outstanding despite Sri Lankas ordinary bowling. Batting conditions, ordinary bowling attack notwithstanding, it takes some doing getting 264 off 173 balls. Well done Rohit!— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) November 13, 2014 R Vinay Kumar, who was in the side during Rohits first double ton against Australia a year back, doffs his hat to the stylish batsman. What a knock !! World record..I am the witness of his both 200s..Indeed a pleasure to watch such a great knock..Hats off to u Rohit @ImRo45— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R) November 13, 2014 Zaheer Khan too joined in the bandwagon Well done brothaman @ImRo45!!! Really enjoyed watching u bat ! Way to go buddy ....— zaheer khan (@ImZaheer) November 13, 2014 West Indies legend Sir Vivian Richards urged Rohit to keep up the good work. Congratulations @ImRo45keep raising the bar— Viv Richards (@vivrichards56) November 14, 2014Former Australian pace bowler Jason Gillespie seemed lost for words, and his tweet made that apparent. Rohit Sharma- WOW!!!! #IndvsSL— Jason Gillespie (@YCCCDizzy) November 13, 2014 Former England captain Michael Vaughan was rueing the fact he couldnt score a single ODI ton and Rohit has two double hundreds. So @ImRo45has now scored 2 double ODI tons.... I couldnt even get 1 ton.... #Useless— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) November 13, 2014 The last 50 ODI Matches @ECB_crickethave played,the Team have averaged 259.... @ImRo45scored 264 on his own... #Justsaying— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) November 13, 2014 Former England batsman Ali Brown, whos record of 268 in a 50-over game Rohit missed by a whisker, admits Rohit was more impressive in his 264. Outstanding innings from @ImRo45. Pleasure to watch & some quite unimaginable shots I couldnt even contemplate playing. Pure class. #264— Ali Brown (@The_Lord3) November 13, 2014 Adam Gilchrist, too, expressed his joy for Rohit: So so so so so happy for @ImRo45 #kepke— Adam Gilchrist (@gilly381) November 13, 2014Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan termed Rohits feat incredible: T 1674 - Rohit Sharma .. 264 runs in ODI ! RECORD !! Well done sounds feeble .. INCREDIBLE !! Congratulations .. sneh aadar abhinandan !
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 23:52:12 +0000
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