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The England National Cricket Team is in Pakistan for a Tri-Series against Pakistan and Sri Lanka. During the 3rd match of the series, England skipper Harry Brook went on a rampage as he broke several milestones after becoming the first English batter to smash a double hundred in the One-Day internationals at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi against Sri Lanka.
England had played one game and lost against the host Pakistan; this game was crucial for the Three Lions, as they had been in brilliant form in the last few months in white-ball cricket. They demolished Sri Lanka at home, winning the series 2-1. Under Harry Brook, the side has looked different after their disasters in major ODI tournaments.
Harry Brook joins elite list
Brook initially surpassed the record of former England captain Ben Stokes’ highest individual score of 182; later on, he kept his carnage-hitting going and went on to score a double hundred in the ODI format and achieved several milestones once he reached the historic mark. He has joined an elite list of cricketers after scoring a double hundred.
Brook reached the milestone in 114 deliveries and broke the record of team India captain Shubman Gill, who recently scored a double hundred off 116 deliveries. Now the English captain has the record for the fastest ODI double hundred. The England captain has been in superb form across formats, as he is the vice-captain of the Test side and has been the backbone of the middle order.
Fastest Double Century in ODI format
114b - Harry Brook v SL*
117b - Shubman Gill v WI
126b - Ishan Kishan v BAN
128b - Glenn Maxwell v AFG
136b - P Nissanka v AFG
138b - Chris Gayle v ZIM
140b - Virender Sehwag v WI
145b - Shubman Gill v NZ
147b - Sachin Tendulkar v SA
148b - Fakhar Zaman v ZIM
151b - Rohit Sharma v SL
151b - Rohit Sharma v SL
152b - Martin Guptill v WI
156b - Rohit Sharma v AUS
Harry Brook becomes second cricketer to achieve a rare feat
The England ODI captain is only the second international cricketer to have smashed a century in T20Is, a double century in ODIs, and a triple century in Test match cricket. His only triple century came at this very venue against the Men in Green.
Apart from him, only former West Indies National Cricket Team captain 'the Universe Boss' Chris Gayle has the same milestone. This year, across formats, Brook has an average of 50.1 and has scored 1815 runs so far. He would want to continue his red-hot form till the ODI World Cup 2027.
Players to achieve the below milestones in International Cricket
Century in T20I
Double Century in ODI
Triple Century in TEST
Chris Gayle
Harry Brook*
Highest Score by Captain in ODI format
223* - Shubman Gill (v WI)
219 - Virender Sehwag (v WI)
208* - Rohit Sharma (v SL)
202 - Harry Brook (v SL)*
189 - Sanath Jayasuriya (v IND)
186* - Sachin Tendulkar (v NZ)
England post a massive total
England has posted a total of 429 in their 50-over innings, with Brook scoring 202 off 116 deliveries, smashing 21 fours and 10 sixes in his amazing innings. He was all over the Lankan Lions on Thursday.
Joe Root (69) and Tom Banton (50) scored fifties respectively, as the job is now up to the England bowlers to defend a huge target of 430 runs to earn the first win.
