In the 46th over of the innings, Rohit hit a four off Kulasekara to reach his double century.
Rohit Sharma was batting on 222, the highest score in ODIs, eclipsing Sehwag's 219, off just 155 balls with 27 fours and six huge sixes. His previous double century came at Bengaluru against Australia. India's score is 357 for 4 in 46.3 overs.
At the end of 50 overs, India scored a mammoth 404 for 5. Rohit Sharma was out off the final ball of the innings. Rohit was caught by Jayawardene off the bowling of Kulasekara for 264 off just 173 balls with 33 fours and 9 huge sixes.
Rohit: 'No, not really. I am coming from a 2 months break (when enquired if he was tired). I was ready to bat another 50 overs. Once I got to 50, I knew I had to come good. It was a good batting wicket. We know even 350 is chaseable under lights here. I converted 100 into 150 and 200, then 250. It is important to look at the team score, you need to know how the team stands. It is really important to think while batting. That's what I did. I made my Ranji Trophy debut here. I got a hundred on my Test debut here, I scored an Indian T20 League hundred here as well.'
What a comeback by Rohit! He has been given a guard of honour by his team-mates. I have just run out of the superlatives to describe the innings, but will try to do my best. He started off in a scratchy manner. He was put down on 4 by Thisara (Perera), but once he got through the initial stages, he started middling the ball. In fact, he was 6(20) at one stage. The boundaries started to flow and he kept toying with the bowling. His first 50 took 72 balls, the next 214 runs came off 101 balls. The boundaries seemed very short for him and the bowling looked ordinary when he got going. He went past plenty of milestones, none more significant than scoring his second double hundred.
