Ishan Kishan shatters multiple records en route to his blistering double hundred

A flurry of records tumbled at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium as Ishan Kishan took up the reins of destruction in his own hands and laid waste to the Bangladesh bowlers. After Shikhar Dhawan fell early, it was an Ishan Kishan special that left Bangladesh rolling in the deep.

A trail that was blazed by Sachin Tendulkar in ODIs with a phenomenal double-hundred against South Africa in an ODI in 2010, got a new member as Ishan Kishan joined the elite club of double-centurions in ODIs, eventually becoming the 7th player to do so and the 4th Indian to rack up the feat after the hallowed likes of Sachin, Virender Sehwag and Rohit Sharma.

Ishan turned the heat on early and targeted Shakib-Al-Hasan initially to flex his muscles, a move that soon started picking every bowler around him and he was absolutely relentless in his pursuit of brilliance. During the span of his double-century, he shattered a long-standing record of Chris Gayle, becoming the fastest to 200 in an ODI innings. Gayle racked up the feat in 138 balls wherein Ishan bagged the herculean feat in just 126 deliveries.

The hard-hitting southpaw also became the highest run-scorer by a visiting batter in Bangladesh, surpassing the former Australian and RCB all-rounder, Shane Watson who smashed 185. Kishan also bested Sourav Ganguly’s record that endured the test of time of being the highest individual run-scorer as an opener away from home. 

Ganguly had smashed 183 against Sri Lanka in Taunton, edging past Kapil Dev’s staggering 175 while the Mumbai Indians opener claimed the mantle for himself. Kishan’s 210 is also the highest individual score against Bangladesh by any batter in ODIs.