INDIAN cricketer Ishan Kishan has made history by surpassing all-time great Sachin Tendulkar and writing his name in the One Day International record books.
Kishan, 25, hammered his second consecutive half-century against the West Indies on Saturday, taking his total runs in the format to 348.
APIshan Kishan toppled an ODI record held by legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar[/caption]
This meant that he toppled Tendulkar, revered by many as the greatest batsman ever to turn out for India, to claim the record for the most runs by an opener in their first five ODI innings.
The legendary Little Master racked up 321 across his first five appearances after debuting against Pakistan in 1989.
Kishan now sits top of that table with Tendulkar second, followed by Kishan’s current opening partner Shubman Gill.
He is also the youngest player to score an ODI double-century, which was also the quickest ever scored by number of balls, beating a record held by West Indian great Chris Gayle.
However, the wicketkeeper-batter has quite a way to go to match the national icon’s 463 ODI matches, in which he scored an immense 18,426 runs at an average of 44.83.
This included a whopping 49 centuries and 96 half-centuries.
Such stunning figures mean that he holds the record for most ODI runs, centuries and half-centuries.
Tendulkar also holds the corresponding records in test cricket, with a whopping 200 matches netting him 15,921 runs at 53.78, with 51 tonnes and 119 half-centuries.
Unfortunately for Kishan, despite his record-breaking efforts, his team came out on the losing side, with the West Indies claiming the win by six wickets.
That leaves the ODI series finely poised at 1-1, with the deciding match ongoing at time of writing.
India came out 1-0 winners of the two-match test series last month, while a five-match T20I series will be contested between the two teams between August 3 and August 13.