Rohit Sharma: Team India's ace batsman and T20 World Cup winning captain Rohit Sharma does not need any identity. Today his name is taken with great respect in the cricket world. He is the first cricketer in the history of cricket to have scored not just one but three double centuries in ODI cricket.

Do you know that Rohit Sharma also has a triple century in his name? However, he did not score this in international cricket but in Ranji Trophy for his home team Mumbai. Today in this article we are going to talk about that historical innings. Let us analyze that feat of Rohit Sharma in detail.

When Rohit Sharma scored a triple century

Actually this incident is of 2009. Ranji Trophy league matches were being played. Under this, a match was being played between Mumbai and Gujarat. In this match, Gujarat decided to bowl first after winning the toss. However, his decision proved wrong and then fans got to see Rohit Sharma's show. The right-handed batsman displayed excellent batting which had a good mix of aggression and patience.

The right-handed batsman faced 322 balls and scored 309 runs. This innings of Rohit included 38 fours and 4 sixes. Apart from this, he had beaten the bowlers with an excellent strike rate of 95.96. Rohit Sharma batted for 458 minutes in this innings. Mumbai had reached a strong position due to this innings.

This was the account of this match

Thanks to the innings of Rohit Sharma, Mumbai had scored a mountain-like score of 648 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in the first innings. Sushant Marathe also contributed 144 runs for Mumbai. In response, Gujarat scored 502 runs in the first innings. Parthiv Patel scored 149 runs and Bhavik Thakar scored 122 runs.

In the second innings, when Mumbai had scored 180 runs at the loss of two wickets, the umpires declared the match a draw. Even though there was no result of this match, but this match was recorded in the pages of history due to the triple century of Rohit Sharma.