Team India batter Ishan Kishan said that he missed out on the chance of scoring 300 on a beautiful pitch to bat on in Chattogram during the third ODI against Bangladesh. Ishan notched 210 runs from 131 balls with the help of 24 fours and 10 sixes.
Apart from being the youngest to score an ODI double century, Kishan also broke Chris Gayle’s eight-year-old record of fastest double hundred in ODIs. Kishan also joined the likes of Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma as batters to get past the 200-run mark in ODIs.
“The wicket was too good to bat on. My intent was very clear. I am blessed to hear my name among such legends. I got out with 15 overs left. I could have got 300 also,” Kishan was quoted as saying in the mid-innings break.
“I was batting with Virat bhai, and he was spot on with which bowlers I needed to select [to target]. I was on 95 and wanted to smack, but he calmed me down, saying it was my first hundred,” he added.
Kishan eventually got out while trying to take the attack to Taskin Ahmed, who was returning from an injury layoff. On the back of Kishan’s brilliance, India scored 409 for the loss of eight wickets in 50 overs. Kohli also went on to score his 72nd international hundred.
