Records drop as Shubman Gill, and Michael Bracewell burn bright at Hyderabad
It’s not often that two batsmen in the same ODI match a double-century score, but that’s exactly what occurred today in Hyderabad. Shubman Gill’s 208 pushed India to a huge 349 on a challenging surface, underlined by the fact that no one else in the innings surpassed 35. When the visitors were reduced to 131/6, the game appeared to be over, but a remarkable comeback spearheaded by Michael Bracewell (140) and Mitchell Santner (57) almost resulted in a coup, with only 12 runs separating the teams in the end.
Stats highlights from the first ODI in Hyderabad:
Gill made history by scoring the first-ever 200 in One-Day Internationals (ODIs) against New Zealand. The previous record for the greatest individual score against New Zealand was held by Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 186 without losing a wicket at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in the same city in 1999.
Double hundreds in ODIs:
Player |
Runs |
Balls |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rohit Sharma |
264 |
173 |
Sri Lanka |
Kolkata |
13-Nov-14 |
Martin Guptill |
237* |
163 |
West Indies |
Wellington |
21-Mar-15 |
Virender Sehwag |
219 |
149 |
West Indies |
Indore |
8-Dec-11 |
Chris Gayle |
215 |
147 |
Zimbabwe |
Canberra |
24-Feb-15 |
Fakhar Zaman |
210* |
156 |
Zimbabwe |
Bulawayo |
20-Jul-18 |
Ishan Kishan |
210 |
131 |
Bangladesh |
Chattogram |
10-Dec-22 |
Rohit Sharma |
209 |
158 |
Australia |
Bengaluru |
2-Nov-13 |
Rohit Sharma |
208* |
153 |
Sri Lanka |
Mohali |
13-Dec-17 |
Shubman Gill |
208 |
149 |
New Zealand |
Hyderabad |
18-Jan-23 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
200* |
147 |
South Africa |
Gwalior |
24-Feb-10 |
Gill, at 23 years and 132 days old, set a new record by becoming the youngest player to ever hit 200 in an ODI. He surpassed teammate Ishan Kishan, who hit 210 for his age group against Bangladesh in Chattogram a month ago when he was 24 years and 145 days old.
Gill’s time of 19 innings to reach 1000 runs in ODIs is the second-fastest behind Imam-ul-Haq. The previous fastest for India was 24 innings by Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan; Fakhar Zaman did it in 23.
Fewest innings to 1000 ODI runs:
| Player | Inngs taken | Days from debut | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
Fakhar Zaman |
18 |
410 |
22-Jul-18 |
Imam-ul-Haq |
19 |
464 |
25-Jan-19 |
Shubman Gill |
19 |
1448 |
18-Jan-23 |
Viv Richards |
21 |
1690 |
22-Jan-80 |
Kevin Pietersen |
21 |
488 |
31-Mar-06 |
Jonathan Trott |
21 |
552 |
2-Mar-11 |
Quinton de Kock |
21 |
577 |
19-Aug-14 |
Babar Azam |
21 |
599 |
19-Jan-17 |
Rassie van der Dussen |
21 |
957 |
2-Sep-21 |
174 Gill scored 208 runs, making him the third greatest scorer in the inning, and the next top scorer was Rohit Sharma with 34 runs. When Rohit Sharma scored 264 and Virat Kohli scored 66 in a match against Sri Lanka in Kolkata in 2014, the disparity was the greatest it had ever been by 198 runs.
After MS Dhoni, 2 Bracewell became the second player in ODI history to reach multiple hundreds when batting seventh or lower. After hitting 127 not out off 82 balls in a chase of 301 from 120/5 against Ireland in Dublin last July, this was his second consecutive three-figure performance in the format. When batting seventh or below in an ODI, his 140 is tied for third highest.
After Corey Anderson (36) and Jesse Ryder (46) against the West Indies in Queenstown on New Year’s Day in 2014, Bracewell’s 57 balls represent New Zealand’s third-fastest ODI century. Against India, only Shahid Afridi (who did it in 45 balls at Kanpur in 2005) has scored a hundred in fewer overs of bowling.
Bracewell and Santner’s 162 run stand is the greatest for New Zealand in ODI history, surpassing the 123 run stand between Jacob Oram and Neil Broom against Bangladesh in Napier in 2010. The 148 scored by Mahmudullah and Mehidy Hasan at Mirpur last month was the previous record versus India, so this was a much more impressive feat.
