Sachin Tendulkar, on 24th February 2010, scored the first ever double century in the history of Men's One Day International Cricket. The venue was the Captain Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh and the opposition was South Africa. He managed to reach the historic landmark off 147 balls in the final over the Indian inning. Before him, Belinda Clark of Australia scored 229* (155) in Women's ODIs vs Denmark at Mumbai in 1997.
Let us have a statistical analysis of this historic inning.
Runs split up:
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| Sachin Tendulkar after reaching the double century |
Let us have a statistical analysis of this historic inning.
Runs split up:
Runs
|
Balls
|
Fours
|
Sixes
|
0 to 50
|
37
|
9
|
-
|
51 to 100
|
53
|
4
|
-
|
101 to 150
|
28
|
8
|
1
|
151 to 200
|
29
|
4
|
2
|
200
|
147
|
25
|
3
|
Sachin Tendulkar had a brisk start as he reached his half century off just 37 balls which included 9 fours. The second 50 runs came quite slowly, still he completed his century off 90 balls. The next 2 50 runs were scored in 28 and 29 balls respectively and he reached the milestone in 50th over.
Runs
|
Balls
|
Fours
|
Sixes
|
0 to 100
|
90
|
13
|
-
|
101 to 200
|
57
|
12
|
3
|
200
|
147
|
25
|
3
|
Reaching each landmark:
Run
|
Balls
|
Overs
|
Bowler
|
Shot
|
1st
|
5
|
1.3
|
Parnell
|
Four
at mid-off
|
50th
|
37
|
11.4
|
Van der Merve
|
Four
at fine-leg
|
100th
|
90
|
27.6
|
Duminy
|
Single
at point
|
150th
|
117
|
37.3
|
Parnell
|
Four
at mid-wicket
|
200th
|
147
|
49.3
|
Langeveldt
|
Single
at point
|
Bowler-Wise:
Sachin Tendulkar's runs came at almost even pace against all bowlers. He scored most runs, 46 off 24, against Wayne Parnell at strike rate of 191.66. He managed to score atleast a 20 runs against each of the 6 bowlers South Africa used.
Bowler
|
Runs
|
Balls
|
S/R
|
Dots
|
Singles
|
Doubles
|
Fours
|
Sixes
|
Dale
Steyn
|
37
|
31
|
119.35
|
16
|
7
|
1
|
7
|
-
|
Wayne
Parnell
|
46
|
24
|
191.66
|
4
|
8
|
5
|
7
|
-
|
Roelof
van der Merve
|
43
|
32
|
134.37
|
11
|
13
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
Charl
Langeveldt
|
30
|
28
|
107.14
|
11
|
12
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
JP
Duminy
|
20
|
17
|
117.64
|
6
|
8
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
Jacques
Kallis
|
24
|
15
|
160.00
|
2
|
8
|
2
|
3
|
-
|
Team's overs-wise:
Overs
|
Runs
|
Balls
|
Strike
Rate
|
Fours
|
Sixes
|
0
to 10
|
46
|
32
|
143.75
|
8
|
-
|
10.1
to 20
|
33
|
29
|
113.79
|
4
|
-
|
20.1
to 30
|
31
|
35
|
88.57
|
3
|
-
|
30.1
to 40
|
50
|
29
|
172.41
|
8
|
1
|
40.1
to 50
|
40
|
22
|
181.81
|
2
|
2
|
0
to 50
|
200
|
147
|
136.05
|
25
|
3
|
Power Play overs vs Normal overs:
Category
|
Runs
|
Balls
|
Strike
Rate
|
Fours
|
Sixes
|
Power
Play 1
|
46
|
32
|
143.75
|
8
|
-
|
Power
Play 2
|
16
|
16
|
100.00
|
2
|
-
|
Power
Play 3
|
33
|
18
|
183.33
|
7
|
-
|
All
Power Plays
|
95
|
66
|
143.93
|
17
|
-
|
Other
Overs
|
105
|
81
|
129.62
|
8
|
3
|
Off Side vs On Side:
Side
|
Runs
|
Singles
|
Doubles
|
Fours
|
Sixes
|
Off-Side
|
90
|
26
|
5
|
12
|
1
|
On-Side
|
110
|
30
|
8
|
13
|
2
|
Partnerships:
For
Wicket
|
Runs
|
Overs
|
Run-Rate
|
Partner1
|
Partner2
|
1
|
25
|
3.5
|
6.52
|
Sachin
(16)
|
Sehwag
(9)
|
2
|
194
|
29.3
|
6.57
|
Sachin
(108)
|
Karthik
(79)
|
3
|
81
|
7.5
|
10.34
|
Sachin
(44)
|
Y
Pathan (36)
|
4
|
101*
|
8.5
|
11.43
|
Sachin
(32)
|
Dhoni
(68)
|
How the record of the highest individual score in ODIs changed hands:
Runs
|
Batsman
|
For
|
Opp
|
Venue
|
Date
|
ODI
#
|
82
|
John
Edrich
|
Eng
|
Aus
|
Melbourne
|
05 Jan 1971
|
1
|
103
|
Dennis
Amiss
|
Eng
|
Aus
|
Manchester
|
24 Aug 1972
|
2
|
105
|
Roy
Fredericks
|
WI
|
Eng
|
The Oval
|
07 Sep 1973
|
9
|
116*
|
David
Lloyd
|
Eng
|
Pak
|
Nottingham
|
31 Aug 1974
|
14
|
137
|
Dennis
Amiss
|
Eng
|
Ind
|
Lord’s
|
07 Jun 1975
|
19
|
171*
|
Glenn
Turner
|
NZ
|
EA
|
Birmingham
|
07 Jun 1975
|
20
|
175*
|
Kapil
Dev
|
Ind
|
Zim
|
Tunbridge Wells
|
18 Jun 1983
|
216
|
189*
|
Viv
Richards
|
WI
|
Eng
|
Manchester
|
31 May 1984
|
264
|
194
|
Saeed
Anwar
|
Pak
|
Ind
|
Chennai
|
21 May 1997
|
1209
|
200*
|
Sachin
Tendulkar
|
Ind
|
SA
|
Gwalior
|
24 Feb 2010
|
2962
|
219
|
Virender
Sehwag
|
Ind
|
WI
|
Indore
|
08 Dec 2011
|
3223
|
Dennis Amiss and Glenn Turner changed the records in few hours as they did it on the same day.
In August 2009, Zimbabwean Charles Coventry equalled Saeed Anwar's 194 by scoring 194* vs Bangladesh.
Apart from becoming the first to score a double century in ODIs, below is the list of some more records achieved by Tendulkar in the inning:
# Sachin Tendulkar overcame the record of scoring most number of fours (25) in an ODI inning. Previous record was of 22 fours by Saeed Anwar in his 194 vs India in 1997.
# Sachin Tendulkar scored his 5th 150+ score in ODIs to become the player with most number of 150+ score in ODIs which was previously equalled with Sanath Jayasuriya (4).
# Sachin Tendulkar overcame Ricky Ponting's 164 as the highest individual score against South Africa in ODIs.
After Sachin Tendulkar's double century, there have been 2 more double centuries in ODIs both by Indians - Sehwag 219 vs WI, 2011 and Rohit Sharma 209 vs Aus, 2013.
