Watch Rohit Sharma Hit 209 for India vs. Australia, Including 16 Sixes

Rohit Sharma smashed the second-highest ODI innings in history with an astonishing 209 against Australia in Bangalore, as India piled on 383 for six in their innings.

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Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and now Rohit Sharma are the three double centurions in ODI cricket. #SSCricket

— SuperSport Blitz (@SuperSportBlitz) November 2, 2013"

Sharma's day could have been very different—early on in the innings he ran out teammate and India star Virat Kohli when the latter had yet to score.

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interesting! RT @bhaleraosarang: Last time Kohli was run-out for a duck, Rohit Sharma got a century (vs Zim in 2010) -- off 114 balls.

— Subash (@thecricketcouch) November 2, 2013"

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'I'm sure he's going to get 100 in next game.' Rohit laughs off the Kohli run-out, after smashing 209: http://t.co/lZQr0L2OiL #IndvAus

— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) November 2, 2013"

But he dug in and scored 16 sixes (an ODI record) as India demolished the Australia bowling.

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Rohit Sharma also hit a world record 16 sixes in his knock of 209, beating Shane Watson's record of 15 sixes #cricket #IndvAus

— ICC (@cricketicc) November 2, 2013"

His second century, moving from 100 to 200, came in just 42 balls, a sign of just how extraordinary his hitting was. 

In his stand of 167 with MS Dhoni, the latter (no slouch himself) contributed just 54 runs.

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491 runs for Rohit Sharma this series, the most by any opener in a bilateral ODI series in cricket history. #IndvAus

— Cricket Record (@cricinfo_record) November 2, 2013"

The full tale of the devastation can be seen here in the Cricinfo scorecard.