Gill’s 223*, Windies’ 405: Check out all the records that tumbled in Guwahati run-fest

The excitement never let up at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati as fans witnessed an exhilarating day of 50-over cricket in the second ODI between India and West Indies on Wednesday.

Records tumbled as both sides went after the ball with the bat, but the evening ultimately belonged to Shubman Gill, whose record 223 not out powered India to a seven-wicket win over West Indies’ mammoth 405-7 with 39 balls to spare. The victory gave India an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series, with the decider to be played in New Chandigarh on Saturday.

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Here are the records that fell:

• India’s record chase: India recorded their highest-ever successful ODI chase and the second-highest in the format’s history. Their previous best was 362 against Australia in Jaipur in 2019. South Africa hold the world record, having chased down Australia’s 434-4 with 438-9 in Johannesburg in 2006. 

   

• Gill’s world record: Gill reached his double century in just 117 balls, setting the record for the fastest double century in ODI history. He broke Ishan Kishan’s previous record of 126 balls, set against Bangladesh in Chattogram in 2022.

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• Gill’s second double: It was Gill’s second ODI double century. His first came against New Zealand in Hyderabad in 2023, when he scored 208 off 149 balls.

   

  

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• Only the second chasing double: Gill became only the second batter to score a double century while chasing in ODIs. The only previous batter to do so was Australia’s Glenn Maxwell, who made 201 not out off 128 balls while chasing Afghanistan’s 291-5 at the 2023 World Cup in Mumbai.  

   

• Multiple double centuries: Gill became only the second batter in ODI history to score multiple double centuries. His teammate Rohit Sharma holds the record with three. Rohit also scored 101 off 75 balls in this match.

• Second-highest Indian opening stand: Rohit and Gill put on 255 off 161 balls, India’s second-highest opening partnership in ODIs. The record remains 258, set by Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly against Kenya in 2001.

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• Rohit joins 12,000-run club: Rohit became the seventh batter to reach 12,000 ODI runs, achieving the milestone with a single off Roston Chase in the 16th over. He is only the third Indian after Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli to reach the mark. Rohit also brought up his 35th ODI century, to go with 62 half-centuries.

• Five centuries in one ODI: For the first time in ODI history, five centuries were scored in the same match. West Indies’ John Campbell (101), Shai Hope (104) and Amir Jangoo (114) all reached three figures before Rohit and Gill joined them. 

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  The previous record was four centuries in a single ODI, achieved three times:

     *1998: Australia vs Pakistan, Lahore
      *2013: India vs Australia, Nagpur
      *2023: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, Hyderabad

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• Three West Indies centuries: Campbell, Hope and Jangoo became only the sixth trio to score centuries in the same ODI innings. South Africa have done it three times -- against West Indies in 2015, India in 2015 and Sri Lanka in 2023. England and Australia account for the other two instances.

• Campbell’s double record: Campbell scored 101 off 68 balls, with nine fours and five sixes, reaching his century in 65 balls after a 29-ball fifty. He now holds the records for the fastest fifty and fastest century by a West Indies batter against India in ODIs. He surpassed Chris Gayle’s 30-ball fifty in Ahmedabad in 2002 and Ricardo Powell’s 72-ball century in Singapore in 1999. It was Campbell’s second ODI century

   

• Hope’s 20th: Hope scored 104 off 94 balls, including eight fours and three sixes, reaching his century in 90 balls. It was his 20th ODI century, with only Chris Gayle ahead of him with 25.

• West Indies’ record total: West Indies’ 405-7 was their highest ODI total, surpassing their previous best of 385-7 against England in St George’s in 2019. It was also the third-highest ODI total by any team against India.

• West Indies enter 400 club: West Indies became the eighth team to score 400 or more in an ODI. South Africa and India have done so most often, with eight 400-plus totals each. England, Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Zimbabwe are the other teams to have crossed 400.