Rohit Sharma blew away Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens with a record innings of 264, highest by anyone in One Day Cricket. (Source: PTI)

Rohit Sharma registered his name into the history books on Thursday at Eden Gardens as he smashed his way to become the first batsman in the history of the game to cross the 250-run mark in ODIs.

This is how the Twitterati reacted to his majestic feat:

MS Dhoni

If Rohit doesn’t get out he will certainly get 250 today

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) November 13, 2014

Anil Kumble

Great start to the season with a superlative century @ImRo45. Well done! Keep it up! #IndvSL

— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) November 13, 2014

Gautam Bhimani

250. Beat that. Running out of words here. @ImRo45

— Gautam Bhimani (@gbhimani) November 13, 2014

Harsha Bhogle

Just so fluent and easy from @ImRo45. In this form he does make cricket look a very easy game

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 13, 2014

Ayaz Memon

Rohit Sharma left no doubt that he belongs in the Indian team — and at the top of the order.

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) November 13, 2014

Irfan Pathan

Amazing shots. Pleasing to the eyes. Hardwork meets talent n becomes rohit Sharma. Well played buddy

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) November 13, 2014

Jos Butler

Unbelievable from @ImRo45 #congratulations

— Jos Buttler (@josbuttler) November 13, 2014

Michael Vaughan

Can’t believe @ImRo45 didn’t make a Triple century… #useless

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) November 13, 201