New Delhi: Justin Ontong, a South African cricketer had described the inning of 248 runs of Shikhar Dhawan at TUKS Oval in Pretoria on Monday as watching a “highlights package”.
Dhawan made the lives of the South African bowlers a misery as he raced to 100 in 86 balls and went on to dash to 200 in 132. The Protean bowling unit also entered record books as this was the first instance of five bowlers giving away more than 60 runs each in a List A match.
Ontong said, “Every shot he hit found the gap or went over the fielders. It was like watching a highlights package. He hit so many good shots, it’s hard to pick out one that stood out. There were a few sixes that went into the construction site. It was probably the best one-day innings I’ve seen.”
“There was nothing the bowlers could do,” Ontong said. “They were bowling the lines and lengths they wanted to be bowling and he just hit them off those lines and lengths.” Dhawan, of course, enjoyed a slice of luck when Rusty Theron dropped him on 154 off Roelof van der Merwe’s bowling.
Dhawan now holds the List-A highest second individual score in the world. Alistair Brown, who scored 268 for Surrey in 2002 is still on number one position.
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