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It was referred to as the singles and doubles game in ODI cricket. However, there has been a noticeable shift in batsmen’s mindsets in ODI cricket during the past five years. In ODIs, other sides have learned how to play aggressively from the English men’s cricket team. The number of fours scored by a team in an ODI inning: The game is now played substantially differently than it was even ten years ago. This is the total number of fours an ODI cricket team has scored in one inning.
In the present era of cricket, teams and players have a more aggressive demeanour. The moment the game’s first ball is thrown, players begin assaulting. The fields are flatter, the borders are smaller, and the bats are bigger today. A team’s and player’s ODI innings with the most fours are shown as follows:
Most Fours in an Innings:
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| Fours | Runs | Player | Team | Opposition | Venue | Match date |
| 33 | 264 | Rohit Sharma | India | Sri Lanka | Kolkata | 13 November 2014 |
| 25 | 200* | Sachin Tendulkar | South Africa | Gwalior | 24 February 2010 | |
| 219 | Virender Sehwag | West Indies | Indore | 8 December 2011 | ||
| 24 | 157 | Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | Netherlands | Amstelveen | 4 July 2006 |
| 237* | Martin Guptill | New Zealand | West Indies | Wellington | 21 March 2015 | |
| 173 | David Warner | Australia | South Africa | Cape Town | 12 October 2016 | |
| 210* | Fakhar Zaman | Pakistan | Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 20 July 2018 |
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Rohit Sharma scored the most fours in an ODI inning (33). He made the greatest score by a batsman in an ODI innings during his 264-run marathon against Sri Lanka. The only player to score three double centuries in ODI cricket is Hitman.
The longest batsman-played innings in a 50-over game according to the number of balls faced was Rohit Sharma’s record-breaking 173-ball innings. All three of the top names on this list are from India. Virat Kohli and Calum Macleod are the only non-openers on this list. The majority of this list is made up of openers because they get to play all 50 innings and get to use the powerplay.
Only Martin Guptill on this list has accomplished this feat during a World Cup game. He performed this action while playing the West Indies in the 2015 ODI World Cup quarterfinals. Sanath Jayasuriya has the greatest ODI inning rate of four strikeouts per 100 balls.
Virat Kohli is the batsman on this list with the greatest batting average in one-day internationals. Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs in this format. Virender Sehwag is the batsman on the list with the highest strike rate. Here is a list of the five ODI cricket players with the fastest 150+ scores. Given that Rohit Sharma’s record requires a lengthy inning, it seems impossible to top it.
Learn more about cricket records and statistics in ODI Cricket: Most Strike Rates Per Inning.
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