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In the game of cricket, captaincy is one of t☂he most chal💯lenging roles. For a captain who is a batsman, it becomes imperative that he leads by example with the bat.
Some of the cricketers have crumbled under such pressure. While m﷽any turned into a better batsman with the 𒆙additional responsibility on their shoulders.
Today, let’s have a look at the top five batsmen who registered the highest individual score while captaining their side:
5. Sir Vivian Richards
Captaining the West Indies side during the Reliance World C꧃up in 1987, Richards decimated Sri Lanka during his swashbuckling knock of 181 off just 125 deliveries.
West Indies posted a grand total of 360 at National Stadium in Karachi. Richards was accompanied by Desmond Haynes 🅺who also scored a ton in the match.
Strangely, Sri Lanka did not display any inteꦫnt to chase down the total and utilized 50 overs, scoring just 169, with six wickets in hand. The Caribbean side won the match by a massive margin of 191 run🔯s.
4. Sachin Tendulkar
Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar had his own str💫uggles of concentrating on his batting w💯hile captaining India.
But before 𝓀stepping down from captaincy, Sachin scored a mammoth 186* off just 1𝓰50 deliveries against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999.
Rahul Dravid ab𒊎ly supported him at the other end, who scored run-a-ball 153, as India posted a daunting total of 376 and won the match handsomely by 174 runs.
3. Sanath Jayasuriya
During the final of the Coca-Cola Champions Trophy in Sharjah, Sri Lanka scored 299 against India. 189 of them came from Sanath Jayasuriya’s bat, which helped the Lankans win the match by a comprehensive margin of 245 runs.
Chasing 300, India were bundled out for just 54 as theyꦏ had no aꦡnswer to Chaminda Vaas who ran through the formidable batting lineup.
This knock was 𓆏the highest score by a batsman while captaining the side for a long period of time until Sehwag made the record his own in 2011.
2. Rohit Sharma
India’s double century machine, while captaining his side in the 2017 ODI series against Sri Lanka, scored his third double-ton in his career in the 50-over format.
The Indian opener scored a majestic 208* off 153 deliveries, where he smashed 13 boundaries and 12 sixes. The ‘Men in Blue’ posted a monumental 392 at Mohali, and ended up winning the match by 141 runs.
1. Virender Sehwag
The record for the highest indivi🍒dual scor꧑e by a batsman while captaining the side belongs to Viru, who became the second batsman to score a double hundred in ODIs.
Sehwag scored a mammoth 219 off just 149 deliveries against West Indies in 2011 at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. During his epic knock, Sehwag smashed 25 boundaries an🔥d seven sixes, as India posted 418. India won the match by a massi🌜ve margin of 153 runs.
