Today’s history: Sachin had ended the wait of 39 years, for the first time in the history of ODI cricket, had scored a double century

The first ODI match in cricket history was played on 5 January 1971. After this 39 years, 1 month and 19 days i.e. on 24 February 2010, the first double century in cricket history was scored. There was no one else to do this feat, Sachin Tendulkar was the biggest star of the cricket world.

The ODI series was going on between India and South Africa. The second match of the series was on 24 February 2010 at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior. India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat first.

Sehwag reached the crease with Sachin, but the first wicket fell on the score of just 25 runs. Wayne Parnell got Sehwag caught by Dale Steyn. Sehwag could score only 9 runs, but after that Sachin made two important partnerships with Dinesh Karthik and then Yusuf Pathan to reach the team’s score of 300. When Yusuf Pathan got out on the first ball of the 42nd over, India’s score was 300 runs.

After this, Dhoni, along with Sachin, made an unbeaten partnership of 101 runs in the last 55 balls. Sachin completed the first double century in cricket history by taking 1 run in the third ball of the 50th over. Tendulkar faced 147 balls and hit 25 fours and three sixes. Along with this, he also broke the record of highest score of 194 made by Saeed Anwar of Pakistan 13 years ago. Sachin returned unbeaten with Dhoni after scoring 200 runs.

Sehwag broke this record within two years

The record of the highest score of 200 runs remained in the name of Sachin only for one year, 9 months and 14 days. On 8 December 2011, Virender Sehwag, who considered Sachin as his idol, broke Sachin’s record by scoring 209 runs at the Holkar Stadium in Indore.

Sehwag was the captain of Team India in this match against West Indies. Sehwag became the first captain to score a double century. There was one more special thing in these two matches. In both the matches, Team India defeated the opposing team by 153 runs.

Important events that happened on February 24 in the country and the world…

2020: Producer Harvey Weinstein pleaded guilty to sexual assault. He was accused of rape and abuse by about 70 women. It was only after this that the ‘Me Too’ campaign started all over the world.

2008: Cuban President Fidel Castro resigns from office. Fidel’s brother Raul Castro became the new President of Cuba.

nineteen ninety eight: Famous Hindi film actress Lalita Pawar passed away.

1991: During the Gulf War, the US Army began ground operations. Three days later, Baghdad Radio announced that Iraq would accept the UN resolution. With this, Kuwait got independence from the occupation of Iraq.

1981: The wedding of Britain’s Prince Charles and Lady Diana was formally announced by Buckingham Palace. The marriage took place on 29 July this year.

1976: The new constitution came into force in Cuba. Fidel Castro, who was the Prime Minister of Cuba till that time, became the President of Cuba.

1967: Mir Osman Ali Khan, the seventh and last Nizam of Hyderabad passed away. Osman Ali was once the richest man in the world.

1955: Apple company co-founder and American businessman Steve Jobs was born in California. His real name was Steve Polyjorb.

1948: Born J Jayalalithaa, actress of South Indian cinema, leader of AIADMK and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

1942: Voice of America made its first broadcast in German to respond to the propaganda of Nazi leaders.

1868: Andrew Johnson was the first US President to face impeachment. On this day, 126 votes were cast in favor of impeachment in the US House of Representatives while 47 were against it.

1739: The battle of Karnal was fought between the Iranian invader Nadir Shah and the Mughal ruler Mohammad Shah.