Shubman Gill smashes double century in 117 balls, breaks Ishan Kishan and Maxwell's record

Shubman Gill fastest double century: Shubman Gill, the young and aggressive opener of the Indian cricket team, has created history in the second ODI against the West Indies in Guwahati, Assam. Gill has scored a double century in just 117 balls with his explosive batting, setting a new world record for the fastest double century in the history of ODI cricket.

Captain Gill was furious from the start for the Indian team chasing a huge target of 406 runs given by the West Indies. He completed his historic double century off just 117 balls with the help of 24 superb fours and 7 skyscrapers, hitting aggressive shots all around the ground.

Ishan Kishan's record of fastest 200 broken

With this explosive innings, Gill has broken the record of the fastest double century by another Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan. Earlier, Ishan had scored a double century off 126 balls against Bangladesh on December 10, 2022. Gill achieved this big feat in 117 balls 9 balls early. Not only this, Gill also broke Ishan Kishan's old record (150 off 103 balls) by completing 150 runs in just 89 balls

5 batsmen with the fastest double century in ODIs:

Shubman Gill - 117 balls

Ishan Kishan - 126 balls

Glenn Maxwell - 128 balls

Pathum Nissanka - 136 balls

Chris Gayle - 138 balls

Maxwell's record shattered: the highest score in the chase

Shubman Gill scored a total of 202 runs in this historic match. At the same time, the world record for the highest individual score in ODI cricket (while chasing runs) has now become in his name. Earlier, this special record was held by Australia's Glenn Maxwell, who scored an unbeaten 201 runs in the chase.

Rohit Sharma joins elite club

Notably, this is the second double century of the 27-year-old Gill's ODI career. Earlier, he played a brilliant innings of 208 against New Zealand in Hyderabad in January 2023. Now, with his second double century against the West Indies, he has become only the second batsman in the world to score more than one double century in the ODI format. He is ahead of only Rohit Sharma, who has scored 3 double centuries in ODIs (against Australia in 2013 and against Sri Lanka in 2014 and 2017).

fantastic partnerships and a great start

406 runs, Gill completed his century in just 62 balls. He shared a huge opening partnership of 255 runs for the first wicket with Rohit Sharma, the second highest partnership in ODI history by the Indian opening pair. In this partnership, Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion after scoring 101 off 75 balls.

Rohit, there was no impact on Gill's batting. Virat Kohli, who came to the crease, also gave Gill great support. There was an aggressive partnership of 65 runs in 35 balls between the two. Virat hit 29 off 19 balls and fell victim to an excellent catch from Sherfane Rutherford in an attempt to play a big shot. However, Gill, on the other hand, maintained his aggressive style and kept putting pressure on the Caribbean bowlers and led the Indian team to a historic victory