The Indian team has always been known for the good performance with the bat. There have been many batsmen in India's cricketing history who have earned a name by their batting around the world.
There have been many occasions in the cricket field when the performance of individual players has been better than the entire opposition team. So far there have been 33 times when the runs scored by a batsman were more than the runs of the opposition team. Out these, 3 times Indian batsmen has achieved this feat.
Let's look at those 3 matches when an Indian batsman scored more runs than the entire opposition team:
3. Rohit Sharma vs West Indies - 29 October 2018:
Rohit Sharma scored 162 runs against West Indies in 2018. In this innings, Rohit had scored 20 fours and 4 sixes and helped India to reach a massive total of 377 runs in 50 overs. In response, the entire West Indies team was bundled out for 153 runs.
2. Sachin Tendulkar vs Namibia - 23 February 2003:
Sachin Tendulkar played a brilliant innings of 152 runs in the world cup match against Namibia, with the help of which India scored 311 runs. In response, Namibia was piled on for only 130 runs.
1. Rohit Sharma vs Sri Lanka - 13 November 2014:
On 13 November 2014 against Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Rohit Sharma scorsd 264 runs which is still the biggest innings in ODI cricket. In this match, India had scored 404 runs, in response Sri Lanka team collapsed for 251 runs and the whole team could not even cross Rohit Sharma's individual score.
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