Rohit Sharma, who scored his 3rd double hundred on Wednesday, gather a lot of praises from all-around the world. Now, it was all-rounder Hardik Pandya possessed the best compliment as he said that lightning did strike for the third time at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium.

Taking to Instagram, Hardik wrote: “Lightning does not strike twice? Well, it struck for the third time yesterday! Congratulations @rohitsharma45 for scoring your 3rd ODI double century. I am glad to share this special moment with you.”

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Talking about his century, Sharma said, “If I am not wrong, the first 100 I got was around the 38th or 39th over. So I was telling myself if I have got this far, I am not going to get out. I was only looking to keep my shape and hit through the line. It was the same thing I did in my first two 200s. I started off pretty slow then too.”

The stand-in skipper was happy for his team as well, he said, “It was a great day. Winning the game was important for me and the team after that loss in Dharamsala. I can keep talking about the batting that we did today, right from the start, with Shikhar (Dhawan) giving us a brilliant start, and Shreyas Iyer – it didn’t look like he was only playing his second ODI.”