Summary India A team ended their 50 overs on 433 for three wickets as Dhawan hit 30 fours and 7 sixes.
CAPE TOWN (Agencies) - Shikhar Dhawan smashed the second highest score in limited overs cricket when he pummeled 248 from 150 balls for India A against South Africa A at the LC de Villiers Oval in Pretoria on Monday.
Opening batsman Dhawan blazed 30 fours and seven huge sixes as he fell 20 runs short of the record held by Ali Brown, who bludgeoned 268 from 160 balls for Surrey against Glamorgan at The Oval in 2002.
The 27-year-old Dhawan also smashed 187 from 174 balls in his only career test innings against Australia in March this year.
Another Indian batsman, Virender Sehwag, holds the record for the most runs in an official one-day international innings with 219 from 149 balls against West Indies in Indore in 2011.
India A ended their 50 overs on 433 for three wickets.
Opener Shikhar Dhawan scored a sensational double century for India A in their must-win match versus hosts South Africa A in Pretoria on Monday.
After electing to bat in the 50-over game, India A reached 311/1 in 39.2 overs when Dhawan reached 200 with a single off Beuran Hendricks.
His double century came in just 132 deliveries and included 24 boundaries and 4 sixes.
After reaching his double century, Dhawan equaled the highest List A (limited overs) score in South Africa in the 42nd over, when he smashed a six to take his tally to 222.
Graeme Pollock had scored 222 not out for Eastern Province versus Border in 1974. The swashbuckling left-hander from Delhi was finally dismissed for 248 -- the second highest score in List A cricket ended -- when he was caught by Vilas off Rusty Theron in the 45th over. His knock, an Indian record, included 30 boundaries and 7 sixes. India ended with 433 for three, with skipper Cheteshwar Pujara scoring an unbeaten 109.
Dhawan opened the batting along with Murali Vijay and the duo put on 91 for the first wicket. Vijay was dismissed by Hendricks for 40 when he was caught by wicket keeper Dane Vilas. Skipper Cheteshwar Pujara joined Dhawan at the crease as the duo took the attack to the South African bowlers, adding 285 runs for the second wicket.
In the process of their partnership, Dhawan reached his century in the 27th over with a boundary.
He reached his first hundred in 86 deliveries but took just another 46 balls to reach the 200 mark.
Dhawan fell 20 runs short of the highest score in List A cricket. That record belongs to English batsman Ali Brown, who rampaged his way to 268 for Surrey against Glamorgan at The Oval in 2002.
Replying to India s total South Africa were 278/3 in 35 overs. Skipper Justin Ontong was unbeaten on 47 and Vaughn van Jaarsveld was batting on 60. Earlier Reeza Hendricks slammed a 78-ball 106 to keep the South Africans in the hunt.
The winner of this match plays Australia A in the final.
