Shai Hope created history
Shai Hope record: West Indies (WI vs ENG 1st ODI)'s Shai Hope has created history. Actually, in the first ODI match against England, Shai Hope scored the 16th century of his ODI career. On the basis of Shai's innings, the West Indies team was successful in defeating England. Let us tell you that Shai Hope played an unbeaten inning of 109 runs on 83 balls and achieved the target of 326 runs given by England. Shai Hope also created history by scoring a century. Shai Hope has become the joint third batsman to score the fastest 5000 runs in terms of innings in ODI, by doing so Shai Hope Virat Kohli And has equaled Vivian Richards (Kohli or Viv Richards). Kohli and Vivian Richards had completed 5000 runs in their career in 114 ODI innings. Now Shai Hope also completed 5000 ODI runs in the 114th innings of his career.
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Shai Hope ahead according to matches
However, in terms of match play, Shai Hope is ahead of both the batsmen. Shai Hope has completed 5000 runs by playing 119 ODI matches. Whereas, if we talk about Kohli, the Indian batsman had completed 5000 ODI runs in 120 matches. Veteran great batsman Vivian Richards had completed 5000 runs in 126 matches. That means, in terms of matches, Shai Hope has created history in ODI cricket.
By the way, the record of scoring the fastest 5000 runs in ODI is in the name of Babar Azam. Babar Azam had achieved this position in 97 innings of 99 matches. Apart from this, Hashim Amla had completed 5000 runs in his career in the 101st innings after playing 104 matches. Warner had done the feat of completing 5000 runs in his career in 117 matches and 115 innings.
Fastest 16 centuries in terms of innings in ODI
Shai Hope also completed his 16th century in ODI career. This West Indies batsman has overtaken Finch in terms of scoring the fastest 16 centuries in ODIs. Shai Hope has completed his 16th century in ODI in the 114th innings. At the same time, the record of scoring the fastest 16 ODI centuries is in the name of Babar Azam. Babar had done this feat in 84 innings.
Fastest 16 ODI centuries in terms of innings
84 innings- Babar Azam
94 innings – Hashim Amla
110 innings-Virat Kohli
110 innings – David Warner
114 innings – Shai Hope*
116 innings – Aaron Finch
