Double century in 114 balls! Harry Brook breaks Shubman Gill's world record in ODI, beats Stokes too

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Harry Brook: England's young captain Harry Brook played a historic innings in the third ODI of the tri-series against Sri Lanka. Batting stormily, he scored his first double century in One Day International cricket. With this, Brook became the first batsman of England to score a double century in ODI. He also broke the record of Indian batsman Shubman Gill for scoring the fastest double century. This brilliant innings of Brook has created a stir in the cricket world. He not only took the bowlers seriously, but also made the record of playing the biggest individual innings in ODI cricket for England.

Completed double century in 114 balls

In the match played against Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi, Harry Brook adopted an aggressive style from the beginning. He maintained pressure on the Sri Lankan bowlers by hitting shots all around the field. Brook completed his double century in just 114 balls. He was out after scoring 202 runs in 116 balls. His innings included 21 fours and 10 sixes. Brook showed with his batting that he has the ability to score runs quickly even in big matches. Thanks to his innings, England was helped in scoring a big score.

Shubman Gill's world record broken

Harry Brook left behind Indian batsman Shubman Gill in scoring the fastest double century. Let us tell you that Gill had earlier made this record by scoring a double century in 117 balls. But Brook set a new record by completing 200 runs in just 114 balls. With this achievement, Brook took the record of the batsman who scored the fastest double century in ODI cricket.

Ben Stokes' record also broken

Harry Brook also made the record of playing the biggest individual ODI innings for England in this match. Earlier this record was in the name of Ben Stokes. Stokes had scored 182 runs against New Zealand in the year 2023. Brook left this record behind by scoring 202 runs. Now Brook has become the batsman who has played the biggest individual innings in the history of England's ODI.

Double century without opening

Another special thing about this innings of Harry Brook was that he did not come out to start the innings. Despite this he scored a double century. Before him, Australia's Glenn Maxwell had scored an unbeaten double century against Afghanistan in the 2023 ODI World Cup.

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