Kolkata: The Cricket Association of Bengal today announced Rs 2,64,000 cash award for Rohit Sharma for his world record score of 264 in India's fourth ODI against Sri Lanka here yesterday.

In an outstanding display of stroke making, Sharma plundered the Lankan attack with a record 264 that came from just 173 balls with 33 boundaries and nine sixes as India scored a mammoth 404/5 in their stipulated 50 overs.