'Ye Club Ka Mazza Alag Hai' - Rohit Sharma Greets Ishan Kishan Post His Double Century

Ishan Kishan got an opportunity to play in the game after captain Rohit Sharma was ruled out due to a thumb injury in the second ODI. 

Ishan Kishan in action.

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New Delhi: India's pocket dynamo Ishan Kishan scored a double century in the third and final ODI match against Bangladesh on Saturday. Ishan hit 200 runs in just 126 balls, breaking Chris Gayle's record of scoring a double ton in 138 balls. With this knock, the young Indian batsman becomes the seventh person in the world and fourth from India after Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, and Virender Sehwag to achieve this milestone.

Post his record-breaking knock, India’s skipper Rohit Sharma took to his Instagram handle and wrote,  "Ye club ka mazza alag hai." The double century has made Ishan the highest run-getter in an inning by a visiting batsman in Bangladesh. Australia's Shane Watson held the record after he scored 185* in 2011.

 

 

 

 

 

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Ishan Kishan got an opportunity to play in the game after captain Rohit Sharma was ruled out due to a thumb injury in the second ODI.  India had lost quick wicket of opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan at the start of their innings. But Ishan along with Virat Kohli stitched up a 200-plus run stand for the second wicket.

Virat Kohli got the century after three years long drought. The last time he scored a century in ODI was back in 2019  against West Indies. The former India skipper also reached his 72nd international century and crossed Australian legend Ricky Ponting, who has  71 centuries in his kitty.

Squads:

India:  KL Rahul (C) (WK), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (WK), Shahbaz Ahmed, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Kuldeep Yadav.

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal (c), Litton Das, Anamul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain, Yasir Ali, Mehidy Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Ebadot Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mahmudullah, Najmul Hossain Shanto and Nurul Hasan Sohan.