India’s Kishan slams quickest ODI double century
Indian opener batter Ishan Kishan on Saturday rewrote ODI history books by smashing a double hundred off just 126 balls against Bangladesh in the third ODI of the series.
The left-handed batter became the 7th International and 4th Indian batter to score 200 in ODI cricket. With his 210-run knock, Kishan broke Chris Gayle’s world record, who had scored a double ton against Zimbabwe in just 138 balls in the 2015 World Cup.
Ishan Kishan is not a permanent feature in the Indian batting line-up and was only added to the team due to Indian skipper Rohit Sharma’s injury. Prior to Kishan, Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma and Virender Sehwag had reached the milestone. Before Kishan, Fakhar Zaman, Chris Gayle and Martin Guptill reached the 200-run mark.
Another record broke in the same game as Kohli scored his 72nd century in international cricket to go past Australian great Ricky Ponting’s record of 71 hundreds. Virat Kohli is now only behind legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 100 centuries.
The cricketing community has also praised the fabulous knock by the Indian batter.
The Indian team scored a total of 409-8 in their 50 over in the third ODI of the series. It is to be noted that Bangladesh already have a decisive 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series.
