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New Delhi: Year 2014 is about to end in few days and looking back at it, the 'Gentlemen's game' was full of ups and downs. MS Dhoni's shocking retirement from Test cricket with immideate effects

3) Rohit Sharma "264":

Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma broken some great batting records in his way to score highest individual innings of 264 runs off just 173 balls in an ODI.

During his mind-boggling innings against Sri Lanka, Rohit also made the record for hitting the most number of boundaries (33) by an individual during his innings.

He also becomes the only batsman to register two double centuries in ODIs. He scored his first double ton (209) against Australia last year.

Earlier Virender Sehwag created a record after scoring 219 against West Indies in 2011.

4) 'Playing IT My Way; Sachin's autobiography and controversies:

'Playing It My Way', an autobiography by Sachin Tendulkar was one of the most awaited books in India and all over the world for the cricket fans. Though it sparked controversy much before its official release, it has broken all records in pre-ordering of books.

The book is written by Sachin Tendulkar and Boria Majumdar who is the co-author of the book and also a journo plus cricket historian.

Tendulkar's 'Playing It My Way' opened Pandora's Box and revealed incites about Indian Cricket and its inside talks. The book also described Chappell's coaching tenure (2005-2007) of Indian Cricket team as 'the darkest phase of the Indian Cricket.' He also expressed his feelings on the stress he had during his captaincy of the team.