Chittagong: Ishan Kishan scored a double century in India’s 3rd ODI against Bangladesh. The star has scored his first double century from just 126 balls in the ODI match. With this, Ishan Kishan became the fourth Indian batsman after Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Rohit Sharma to score a double century in ODIs. Moreover, the star is also the seventh batsman in the world to achieve this.
Ishan replaced the injured captain Rohit Sharma at the crease. This is the first time that the star is getting a chance to play in the series. This young batsman of India has made the opportunity, a great achievement to the nation. Ishan Kishan also holds the record for the fastest 200 runs in an ODI innings. Ishaan has broken the record of West Indies player Chris Gayle. In 2015, Gayle scored 215 runs in 138 balls against Zimbabwe.
Ishan also became the first batsman from another country who is scoring the highest runs in Bangladesh, surpassing Australia’s Shane Watson. Shane Watson scored 185 runs in 2011. Also, the player also broke the record of the former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly. Ganguly had the highest number of runs scored by a batsman from India as an opener. Ganguly scored 183 runs against Sri Lanka in 1999 as an opener…
Ishan’s brilliant innings was made with 24 fours and nine sixes. The player completed his double century in the 35th over. Ishan scored 210 runs off 131 balls. The star’s innings consists of 24 fours and 10 sixes. Meanwhile, Kohli also made a brilliant score along with Ishan with a century and took India to a perfect score. Kohli scored 113 runs from 91 balls including 11 fours and 2 sixes.
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