Sachin scored the 1st ODI 200 on this day
Playing against South Africa in Gwalior on February 24, 2010, former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar scored 200* to become the first player to score a double century in ODI cricket. He took 147 balls to set the new record, that featured 25 fours and three sixes, breaking the previous best of 194 runs, which stood for nearly 13 years.