ODI history's 1st double ton came after 39 yrs, 2961 matches
Sachin Tendulkar hit the first-ever ODI double hundred against South Africa on February 24, 2010, in the 2,962nd ODI, 39 years after the first-ever ODI was played. Sachin slammed an unbeaten 200 off 147 balls, hitting 25 fours and 3 sixes. Interestingly, Test cricket's first-ever double hundred had come in the 16th Test, seven years after the first-ever Test.