Doubling up in style: every ODI double century in cricket history

Sachin Tendulkar was the first man to score 200 in a one-day international. He did it against South Africa at Gwalior on 24 February 2010, in the second ODI of the series, finishing unbeaten on 200 from 147 balls with 25 fours and three sixes. India made 401 for 3, bowled South Africa out for 248 and won by 153 runs.

The first ODI had been played more than 39 years earlier, in January 1971. Since then the mark has been reached 12 more times, by nine more batters. Here is every men’s ODI double century, with the highest of them first.

Every double century in men’s ODIs

Batter	Runs	Balls	Against	Venue	Date
Rohit Sharma (IND)	264	173	Sri Lanka	Kolkata	13 Nov 2014
Martin Guptill (NZ)	237*	163	West Indies	Wellington	21 Mar 2015
Shubman Gill (IND)	223*	133	West Indies	Guwahati	30 Sep 2026
Virender Sehwag (IND)	219	149	West Indies	Indore	8 Dec 2011
Chris Gayle (WI)	215	147	Zimbabwe	Canberra	24 Feb 2015
Fakhar Zaman (PAK)	210*	156	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	20 Jul 2018
Pathum Nissanka (SL)	210*	139	Afghanistan	Pallekele	9 Feb 2024
Ishan Kishan (IND)	210	131	Bangladesh	Chattogram	10 Dec 2022
Rohit Sharma (IND)	209	158	Australia	Bengaluru	2 Nov 2013
Rohit Sharma (IND)	208*	153	Sri Lanka	Mohali	13 Dec 2017
Shubman Gill (IND)	208	149	New Zealand	Hyderabad	18 Jan 2023
Glenn Maxwell (AUS)	201*	128	Afghanistan	Mumbai	7 Nov 2023
Sachin Tendulkar (IND)	200*	147	South Africa	Gwalior	24 Feb 2010

Rohit Sharma: three double centuries

If one batter has mastered the 50-over double, it is Rohit Sharma. His first was 209 against Australia at Bengaluru in November 2013. A year later, at Eden Gardens on 13 November 2014, he made 264 against Sri Lanka, with 33 fours and nine sixes, and it is still the highest individual score in ODI history. He added 208 not out against Sri Lanka at Mohali in December 2017. Nobody else has more than two.

India’s five double centurions

Five Indians have now scored ODI double centuries: Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag (219 against West Indies in 2011), Rohit, Ishan Kishan (210 off 131 balls against Bangladesh in December 2022) and Shubman Gill. Gill is the only batter apart from Rohit with two. His 208 against New Zealand at Hyderabad in January 2023 was followed by 223 not out against West Indies at Guwahati on 30 September 2026, the third-highest score in ODI history, made while India chased 406 at Barsapara.

The other double centurions

Martin Guptill’s 237 not out against West Indies at the 2015 World Cup is the highest score by a non-Indian batter, and Chris Gayle made 215 against Zimbabwe in the same tournament, the first double century at a World Cup. Fakhar Zaman made Pakistan’s first, 210 not out against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo in 2018. Glenn Maxwell’s 201 not out against Afghanistan at the 2023 World Cup was the first double century made batting second, and it won the match; Gill’s 223 not out is the only other. The newest name on the list is Pathum Nissanka, who made Sri Lanka’s first, 210 not out against Afghanistan at Pallekele on 9 February 2024.

Tendulkar’s ODI career

Tendulkar finished with 18,426 runs in 463 ODIs, with 49 hundreds and 96 fifties. Both the runs and the appearances are still records; his 49 hundreds were the record until Virat Kohli, who now has 55, passed them. Tendulkar also won 62 player-of-the-match awards in ODIs, the most by anyone.

For the biggest team scores in the format, see our list of the highest ODI team totals. Figures are from ESPNcricinfo’s Statsguru, to October 2026.

Featured photo: Manan Vatsyayana / AFP