The numbers behind Rohit Sharma's third ODI double ton

3 Double hundreds scored by Rohit Sharma in ODIs - just four double hundreds combined by all others in ODI cricket. He becomes the first to hit three double centuries in List A cricket as well eclipsing Alastair Brown's two for Surrey.

Highest individual scores in ODIs

1 Individual score by a captain in ODIs higher than Rohit's unbeaten 208. Virender Sehwag scored 219 against West Indies in Indore in 2011. The previous highest for a captain against Sri Lanka was 181 by Viv Richards in Karachi in 1987.

Highest individual scores by captains in ODIs

16 Hundreds for Rohit Sharma in ODIs - the fourth most for an Indian player after Sachin Tendulkar (49), Virat Kohli (32) and Sourav Ganguly (22). This was his 14th hundred after he started to open in ODIs in January 2013, only behind Hashim Amla's 16 in the same period among opening batsman.

5 Scores in excess of 150 for Rohit Sharma in 173 ODIs - the joint most for any player alongside Tendulkar (in 463 ODIs) and David Warner (in 101). Apart from the three double hundreds, he has scored an unbeaten 171 against Australia in Perth in 2016 and 150 against South Africa in Kanpur in 2015.

6 Hundreds scored by Rohit Sharma in 2017 - the most for him in a calendar year. Only Tendulkar (nine in 1998) and Ganguly (seven in 2000) has scored more in a year for India. Tendulkar (in 1996), Rahul Dravid (in 1999) and Kohli (in 2017) has also scored six each.

45 Sixes hit by Rohit Sharma in 20 ODIs he played in 2017 - the third most by any player in a calendar year after AB de Villiers (58 in 2015) and Shahid Afridi (48 in 2002). The previous most by any player for India was 40 sixes by Sachin Tendulkar (in 33 innings) in 1998.

Scores higher than Rohit Sharma's unbeaten 208 at the PCA Stadium in Mohali. He went past the unbeaten 154 scored by Virat Kohli against New Zealand last year.

106 Runs conceded by Nuwan Pradeep in his ten overs - the joint third most conceded by any bowler in ODIs after Mick Lewis (113 vs South Africa, 2006) and Wahab Riaz (110 vs England, 2016). Bhuvneshwar Kumar also conceded 106 against South Africa at the Wankhede Stadium in 2015. The previous most for Sri Lanka was Muttiah Muralitharan's 99 against Australia at the SCG in 2006.

Most runs conceded by a bowler in an ODI

100 Instances of India scoring 300 or more in ODIs - the first team to do so. The next most by any side is 96 by Australia. 21 of these instances have come against Sri Lanka which is the second most by a team against an opponent after 22 by Australia against India.

12 Century stands between Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit in ODIs. Among Indian opening pairs, only Tendulkar - Ganguly combination has more - 21 - while Tendulkar also have 12 hundred-plus stands with Sehwag.

392 for four is the highest total in all ODIs played at the PCA Stadium in Mohali surpassing 351 for five by South Africa against Netherlands during the World Cup in 2011. The previous highest for India here was 321 for nine in a losing cause against Pakistan in 2007.