When MS Dhoni predicted Rohit Sharma’s world record 264
Former Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni is regarded as one of the best cricketing brains that the world has ever seen. MS Dhoni has a brilliant knack of reading the game ahead of time and affecting strategic decisions that drive the team to a desired result. While there are multiple examples of his on-field tactics and risks, he has time and again used his resources properly and has made the players more confident in their own abilities. He has always backed the cricketers when they are in their not-so-good form, as he had full faith in their ability.
One such player is Rohit Sharma – who was backed by MS Dhoni during his captaincy years despite Sharma’s horrendous run in ODI cricket at one point. Rohit shot himself to success after he turned opener under the leadership of MS Dhoni leading to the Champions Trophy victory in 2013.
Rest as history has it, Rohit remains one of the finest batters in white-ball cricket. He has over 9,000 ODI runs and around 3,000 runs in the T20 format. In the 2013 Champions Trophy, Rohit was promoted as an opener and he brought up his first double ton in the 50-over format. Next on November 13, 2014 the hitman slammed his second double ton (264), which to date remains the highest individual score in the format.
His unbeaten 264, off 173 balls, came in the fourth and penultimate ODI of the India-Sri Lanka home series. The Men in Blue were led by Virat Kohli as Dhoni was rested for the ODIs due to the upcoming Australia tour and the 2015 ODI World Cup.
Dhoni is not that active on the social media platforms, but he watched the proceedings of the play and had predicted that the Hitman will score 250. He had tweeted that If Rohit doesn’t lose his wicket, he will certainly get 250. His prediction came in when Indian innings were underway.
Here is the MS Dhoni tweet:
Rohit Sharma went on to record a score of 264 at Eden Gardens which is still a highest score by a batsman in ODI cricket. India went on to score 404/5 in 50 overs. Sri Lanka managed just 251 runs in reply – 13 runs short than Rohit’s knock.
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