Lagatar24 Desk
Chattogram, Dec 10: Indian opener Ishan Kishan smashed a brazen double hundred in India’s third One-Day International match against Bangladesh at Chattogram on Saturday. With this, he broke the record of Chris Gayle who held the world record for the fastest double hundred in 50-over cricket. At the 2015 ICC World Cup, Gayle needed 138 deliveries to reach his double hundred against Zimbabwe.
After skipper Rohit Sharma sustained an injury and had to be replaced for the final game of the series, Kishan threw caution to the breeze and smashed 23 boundaries and 9 sixes in just 126 deliveries to reach the 200-run milestone. In just 85 balls he had scored his century.
Kishan broke the record by a whopping 12 deliveries and also made history by becoming the youngest cricketer to score 200 runs in an ODI. He has now joined Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, and Rohit Sharma as the fourth Indian to score a double century in an ODI. Rohit now holds three scores of 200 or above. Ishan is now the seventh player in ODI history to reach 200 runs in a single inning.
At the end of his innings, Kishan was out for 210 runs after hitting 24 boundaries and 10 sixes.
After he reached the 200-run mark, ICC, cricketers and others took to Twitter to congratulate the young batter.
A knock to remember from Ishan Kishan ✨#BANvIND | https://t.co/SRyQabJ2Sf pic.twitter.com/xh3Es9Jc4X
— ICC (@ICC) December 10, 2022
That’s the way to do it. Brilliant from Ishan Kishan. This is the approach that will do Team India a world of good. #INDvsBAN pic.twitter.com/PepchFwFF1
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) December 10, 2022
Incredible inning with outstanding shot selection by Ishan Kishan 👏 #200
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) December 10, 2022
Ishan Kishan’s intent…wow. He isn’t caged with the thought of what’s par-for-the-course score…or how much he can end up with…he’s trying to simply maximise every ball that he’s playing. A little bit of luck…and we have another ODI double-centurion today.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) December 10, 2022
