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Ishan Kishan produced 1 of the fastest centuries ever scored against Afghanistan successful ODI cricket, reaching the three-figure people successful conscionable 71 balls during the 2nd ODI of the three-match bid successful Lucknow connected Wednesday.The India wicketkeeper-batter moved past Glenn Maxwell's celebrated 76-ball 100 against Afghanistan during the 2023 ODI World Cup astatine the Wankhede Stadium and present holds the third-fastest ODI period against the side.Fastest ODI centuries vs Afghanistan (by balls faced):
- 57 – Eoin Morgan, Manchester, 2019
- 63 – Rohit Sharma, Delhi, 2023
- 71 – Ishan Kishan, Lucknow, 2026*
- 76 – Glenn Maxwell, Mumbai WS, 2023
- 77 – Shubman Gill, Lucknow, 2026*
Kishan reached the milestone connected the last shot of the 33rd over. He chopped a transportation from Bilal Sami done backward constituent for a bound to bring up his 2nd ODI century.
The left-hander celebrated by raising his bat and acknowledging the crowd. After reaching his half-century successful 52 balls, Kishan accelerated, scoring his adjacent 53 runs successful conscionable 19 deliveries.Earlier successful the aforesaid over, Gill besides completed his period with a boundary. The India skipper got to the landmark successful 77 balls, making it the fifth-fastest ODI 100 by an Indian captain.
Fastest ODI centuries by Indian captains (by balls faced):
- 63 – Rohit Sharma vs Afghanistan, Delhi, 2023
- 69 – Virender Sehwag vs West Indies, Indore, 2011
- 76 – Virat Kohli vs Sri Lanka, Colombo RPS, 2017
- 76 – Rohit Sharma vs England, Cuttack, 2025
- 77 – Shubman Gill vs Afghanistan, Lucknow, 2026*
The lucifer besides marked the archetypal clip 2 Indian batters person scored ODI centuries successful 80 balls oregon less successful the aforesaid innings.
Overall, it was the eighth specified lawsuit by immoderate squad successful ODI cricket. Kishan reached his 100 successful 71 balls, portion Gill took 77 deliveries.Earlier, Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi won the flip and chose to vessel first.India, who pb the bid 1-0, handed an ODI debut to accelerated bowler Prince Yadav aft his performances for Lucknow Super Giants successful IPL 2026. Nitish Kumar Reddy missed the lucifer due to the fact that of a quadricep injury, portion Kuldeep Yadav and Yashasvi Jaiswal returned to the playing XI.Afghanistan besides handed ODI debuts to Darwish Rasooli and Bilal Sami.
