Fakhar Zaman has become Pakistan’s first double-centurion in ODI cricket, eclipsing Saeed Anwar’s 21-year-old mark of 194 with a stroke-filled 210* against Zimbabwe during the fourth ODI in Bulawayo.
The Pakistan opener’s historic innings came off 156 deliveries, featured 24 fours and five sixes and helped fashion the first 300-run opening stand in ODI cricket, alongside Imam-ul-Haq (113) with whom he put on 304 in 42 overs on Friday. This whirlwind partnership also pushed Pakistan to their highest ODI total of 399/1, surpassing the 385/7 scored against Bangladesh in 2010.
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Overall, Zaman is the sixth male batsman in ODI cricket to touch 200, after Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma, Chris Gayle and Martin Guptill. His 210* slots in as the fifth highest score in ODI cricket after Rohit’s 264, Guptill’s 237*, Sehwag’s 219 and Gayle’s 215.
Players
Runs
Balls
SR
For
Against
Venue
Match year
Rohit Sharma
264
173
152.6
India
Sri Lanka
Kolkata
2014
Martin Guptill
237*
163
145.39
New Zealand
West Indies
Wellington
2015
Virender Sehwag
219
149
146.97
India
West Indies
Indore
2011
Chris Gayle
215
147
146.25
West Indies
Zimbabwe
Canberra
2015
Fakhar Zaman
210*
148
135.81
Pakistan
Zimbabwe
Bulawayo
2018
Rohit Sharma
209
158
132.27
India
Australia
Bengaluru
2013
Rohit Sharma
208*
153
135.94
India
Sri Lanka
Mohali
2017
Sachin Tendulkar
200*
147
136.05
India
South Africa
Gwalior
2010
Charles Coventry
194*
156
124.35
Zimbabwe
Bangladesh
Bulawayo
2009
Saeed Anwar
194
146
132.87
Pakistan
India
Chennai
1997
Viv Richards
189*
170
111.17
West Indies
England
Manchester
1984
The milestone of 200 came off Zaman’s 148th delivery as he slash one over the covers for a four, and was celebrated by a glance skywards and a kiss of the helmet in front of a standing Pakistan dressing room.
Zaman, 28, has enjoyed a bumper tour of Zimbabwe. During the T20I tri-series also featuring Australia, he was Player of the Tournament for scoring 278 runs in five innings as Pakistan won the title. In four ODIs with Zimbabwe, he has reeled of scores of 60, 117*, 43* and now 210*. Stunningly, this double-century has come in his 17th ODI.
Zaman and Imam’s 304-run stand obliterated the previous highest opening partnership of 286 between Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya and Upul Tharanga against England in 2006.
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