which player has the ability to hit double century in ODI?

I would aggree with ganguly,ponting,smith,lara and to some extent pieterson also but not dhoni...he is not a long innings player... i would also like to add chanderpaul and gilchrist to the list....

namd you missed of sachin and shewag and both had hit double century in odi and none of you mentioned named able to do it.

I think dhoni has a fair chance,gilcrist,and if our own viru bhai regains his previous form,he is a very serious contender...

acc to me it is adam gilchrist....he has that in him...the day he sticks he hits an easy 150....if he stsays longer he will definately make a double century.

Mohd yousuf, tendulkar, jayasurya, gilchrist, lara ponting kallis

Sehwag was almost there, when we scored 414 against Sri Lanka last year, but Sachin got lucky yesterday. There was hard work and determination, no doubt about it. I always thought Sehwag had great potential to do it. He scores much faster than any batsman in the world, and he has torn apart every bowling attack, to which even the best batsman in the world Sachin, had no answer. :) But unfortunately Sehwag gets out at the most unexpected moments. Had he had the consistency of Sachin, we would have seen him create amazing records. But two triple centuries is in itself a great achievement.

i agree with u...........dhoni lara pointin piets even i wud like to add md yusuf too

only virander sehwag is able to double centure in ODI

According to me Sachin, Saurav, Lara, Smith, Pointing and there are many few whom i can still name!!! but these players need a competetive score for motivation.... else it's inevitable!

If we go according to some statistics. From the players who are currently playing and have scored in ODI's above 145 runs in an innings we have the following star performers. Players who have attained this feat 2 or more times ST Jayasuriya 189 157 152 151 BC Lara 169 156 153 CH Gayle 153* 152* 152 SR Tendulkar 186* 152 SC Ganguly 183 153* MS Dhoni 183* 148 AC Gilchrist 172 154 A Symonds 156 151 HH Gibbs 175 153 S Chanderpaul 150 149* From the above stats I would put my money on Jaysuria, Lara, Dhoni, Tendulkar, Ganguly, Gilchrist and Symonds An if you ask me from old stalwarts it would be none other than Viv Richards 189* 181 153* 149