Ishan Kishan Breaks Chris Gayle’s World Record Of Fastest Double Hundred In ODIs
Ishan Kishan slams double century in 126 balls, the quickest ever in ODIs
Ishan Kishan, a diminutive opening batsman, blasted a fighting double hundred during India’s third ODI against Bangladesh at Chattogram. Kishan, who was drafted in for the final match of the series after captain Rohit Sharma was injured, threw caution to the wind as he smashed 23 boundaries and 9 sixes to reach the 200-run mark in just 126 deliveries. He completed his century in just 85 balls.
Kishan broke the world record previously held by West Indies great Chris Gayle for the fastest double hundred in 50-over cricket. Gayle took 138 deliveries to score his double hundred against Zimbabwe in the 2015 ICC World Cup. Kishan improved the record by a massive 12 deliveries and also became the youngest cricketer to cross the 200-run mark in ODIs.
He has now become the fourth Indian after Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Rohit Sharma to score a double century in ODIs. Rohit has three scores above 200. Ishan became the 7th batsman in ODI history to score 200 runs in an innings.
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Other than the Indians are New Zealand’s Martin Guptill, West Indies’ Chris Gayle and Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman.
Kishan eventually got to 210 runs, hitting 24 boundaries and 10 sixes in the innings.
