Who is the player to have scored maximum runs in an innings ?

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 Who is the player to have scored maximum runs in an innings ?



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The highest run scored by an individual in an Inning are; “Rohit Sharma”, Indian Team Player scored 264 runs in 2014 in One Day format, whereas in Test Cricket format the highest run was scored by “Brian Lara”, West Indies Team Player scored 400 runs not out in 2004.


“Rohit Sharma” in One Day format scored the maximum runs. His full name is ‘Rohit Gurunath Sharma’ and famous with the nickname ‘Hitman and Shaana’. He is a Right-hand Batman and the Vice-Captain of Indian National Team in limited over format. He scored highest 264 runs against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. He is been referred by many as one of the greatest batsmen of limited over format i.e. One Day International of modern time. Forbes India 2015 enlisted Rohit as 8th in Fame, 46th in Income and 12th Overall in 100 Celebrity list in India.


In the Test Match format “Brian Lara” is the only player who scored the maximum runs. He is the former West Indies team International Player in all format and widely acknowledged as ‘One of the Greatest Batsman of all time’. He is the only batsman in the Cricket History who scored a Century, a Double Century, a Triple Century, a Quadruple century and Quintuple century in first-class cricket format at the senior period of the career. He was also introduced as the “ICC Hall of Fame” on September 14, 2012, at the award ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka.