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Daryl Mitchell played a brilliant inning of 137 runs in the third ODI against India. This is his second consecutive century in this series, he had also scored a century in Rajkot. In the first match, he was just 14 runs away from a century. This series became memorable for him, he has joined the top-5 batsmen who scored the most runs in the 3 ODI series.
Daryl Mitchell had scored 84 runs in the first ODI played in Vadodara. In the second ODI played in Rajkot, he played an unbeaten inning of 131 runs and led his team to victory. With this victory, the visiting team was able to level the series. He came to the crease in the decisive match when the team returned to the pavilion with the score of 2 wickets for 5. He first made a half-century partnership with Will Young and then made a partnership of 225 runs with Glenn Phillips.
Daryl Mitchell created history
This is Daryl Mitchell’s fourth century in India. He has scored a total of 352 runs in 3 matches of this ODI series. He has become third in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in the 3-match ODI series. Ahead of him, Shubman Gill is at second place, who had scored 360 runs in 3 matches against New Zealand in 2023.
Babar Azam is at number one in the list. In 2016, he scored 360 runs in the 3-match ODI series against West Indies in UAE. However, Daryl Mitchell remained just 9 runs away from breaking his world record.
Most runs in a 3-match ODI series (bilateral)
- 360 – Babar Azam vs West Indies, 2016
- 360 – Shubman Gill vs New Zealand, 2023
- 352 – Daryl Mitchell vs India, 2026
- 349 – Imrul Kayes vs Zimbabwe, 2028
- 346 – Pathum Nissanka vs Afghanistan, 2024
This is Daryl Mitchell’s 9th century in One Day International. He has scored four centuries in India. He played a brilliant inning of 130 runs against India in the 2023 ODI World Cup in Dharamsala. After this, he scored 134 runs against India in the semi-finals of the same tournament, although India won this match by 70 runs.