February 24th: On this day, Sachin Tendulkar became the first man on earth to score a double century in the ODI format. He achieved the feat against the mighty South African team and guided India to a series victory with a game left. Tendulkar batted throughout 50 overs, reached the landmark in the last over off 147 deliveries including 25 fours and 3 sixes. His innings also helped team India to amass a mammoth score of 401/3. In reply, South Africa were all out for 248 in the 43rd over itself despite a fighting unbeaten century by My 360, AB de Villiers. India won the match by 153 runs all thanks to Sachin’s aggressive batting.

#ThisDay in 2010 the great @sachin_rt became the first batsman to score a double ton in ODI cricket.

He faced 147 balls and scored the first double century with 25 fours and 3 sixes against South Africa at Gwalior #Legend. pic.twitter.com/cwb0TRA9TT

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 24, 2018

2️⃣ 0️⃣ 0️⃣ *#OnThisDay 🔟 years ago, Sachin Tendulkar rewrote history books, becoming the first double centurion in men's ODI cricket. 🙌

Since then, there have been 7️⃣ more double tons in the format. pic.twitter.com/FdrCZAGWpU

— ICC (@ICC) February 24, 2020

#OnThisDay in 2010, @sachin_rt became the first player to score an ODI double hundred in men’s cricket 😍💙#OneFamily #CricketMeriJaan @ICC pic.twitter.com/7MIdtsPdhx

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) February 24, 2020

The 36-year old double centurion 🐐#OnThisDay 10 years ago, Sachin Tendulkar scored the first 200 in ODIs 💯💯 https://t.co/PaYkBkCaSl pic.twitter.com/TdF3QotclO

— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) February 24, 2020

Regarded as the greatest batsman of all time, Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar is also the highest run scorer in International cricket. He even holds the record for the most century (100) by a player in the all formats combined. The little master also holds the record of playing the most number of ODIs (463) and Tests (200) by any batsmen ever.

After Sachin made double century, few more players got the rare feat after him including Rohit Sharma, Chris Gayle, Martin Guptill and Virender Sehwag. Rohit Sharma leads the list with three double centuries (264, 209, 208) who also holds the highest individual score in ODI’s, followed by Chris Gayle (215) Virender Sehwag (219) and Martin Guptill (237*).

LIKE A BOSS! THIRD double century in ODIs. The first man to scale Mt.200 on three occasions in ODIs. Stand up and Salute @ImRo45 #TeamIndia #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/7GrZKtv2DA

— BCCI (@BCCI) December 13, 2017