The young Indian opener Ishan Kishan has achieved a historic feat with his swashbuckling double century against Bangladesh. The 24-year-old smashed 210 runs off just 131 balls with 24 boundaries and 10 sixes to his name. He has also become the first batter to score the fastest double century in ODI cricket surpassing the record of former Caribbean legend Chris Gayle.
Although the young Jharkhand batter missed the 264-run mark of current Indian skipper Rohit Sharma. Ishan fell prey to the young Bangla pacer, Taskin Ahmed, in the 36th over of the match. The fans were expecting Ishan to make history by crossing Rohit Sharma’s record.
Rohit fans took no time in recalling his memorable knock and subsequently, they heaped praises on Ishan Kishan as well. They took to Twitter to come up with different reactions to the same.
Here’s how fans reacted while comparing Ishan Kishan’s knock with Rohit Sharma’s 264:
@Profdilipmandal देखो।
— Rahul kumar (@Rahulku11857377) December 10, 2022
इस लिस्ट में सबसे ऊपर और सबसे अधिक बार कौन दिख रहा है
Rohit Sharma (264)
Martin Guptill
Rohit Sharma (209)
Rohit Sharma (208)
ISHAN KISHAN*
Virender Sehwag
Chris Gayle
Sachin Tendulkar
Fakhar Zaman #RohitSharma𓃵#IshanKishan pic.twitter.com/V3BzfiiKX6
Rohit to Ishaan :- 250 aise hi nahi bante uske liye kohli ko runout karwana padta hain 😂#INDvsBAN #RohitSharma𓃵 #ViratKohli
— Vivek Gupta (@HITMAN_MUNAWAR) December 10, 2022
A big salute, Rohit Sharma.
— CricPlayers (@cricplayers1) December 10, 2022
Even though the Indian team lost, the effort put in by Rohit Sharma was commendable. what do you have to say about Rohit Sharma, do comment.
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.#RohitSharma𓃵 #ViratKohli𓃵 #ICC #virat #INDvsBAN #kingkohli #ipl #ICCRankings #cricplayers pic.twitter.com/zI7fZfxR1y
#ishankishan #ViratKohli𓃵 #INDvsBAN #RohitSharma𓃵 #KLRahul #BANvsIND #ODIs #fastest200 #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/jBZ3CDL5g6
— HITeos (@HITeos) December 10, 2022
Speaking of the ongoing third ODI so far, the visitors have posted a total of 409 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 50 overs. Ishan Kishan has smashed the fastest double century in the history of ODI cricket. He played a knock of 210 runs off 131 balls with 24 boundaries and 10 sixes to his name.
Other than him, Virat Kohli also played a knock of 113 runs off 91 balls with 11 boundaries and two sixes on his credit. Apart from Ishan Kishan and Virat Kohli, lower-order batter and all-rounder Washington Sundar also displayed a short cameo of 37 runs off 27 balls with four boundaries and a six to his name.
Although the Indian team also faced a collapse at the end of the innings as they lost their nine wickets in the span of only 104 runs and got restricted to the score of 409 runs.
Taskin Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, and Shakib Al Hasan scalped two wickets each for Bangladesh alongside one wicket each taken by Mustafizur Rahman and Mehidy Hasan Miraz.
At the time of filling this copy, Bangladesh has lost two wickets on the score of 53 runs. Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim are there in the middle for the hosts while chasing the mammoth target of 410 runs.