223* Off 133: Gill's Fastest ODI Double Ton Powers India's Record 406 Chase

0:00 The Hook

Cricket's record books got rewritten in Guwahati on Wednesday. Chasing 406 — a total no team had ever chased against West Indies, and the second-highest target anyone has ever chased in a one-day international — India didn't just get there. They strolled home with 39 balls to spare, losing only two wickets.

The man at the center of it: Shubman Gill, 27, the world's top-ranked ODI batter, who turned his quickest-ever ODI century into the fastest double century the format has seen — 223 not out off 133 deliveries.

0:20 The Context

The tone was set early. Rohit Sharma smashed a 72-ball hundred and crossed 12,000 ODI runs during a blistering 255-run opening stand with Gill. When Rohit finally departed, Gill simply refused to let the momentum drop, anchoring the chase to the end.

What makes the win absurd is what West Indies did first. 405 for 7 — their first-ever 400-plus ODI total — built on centuries from John Campbell (101 off 68), Shai Hope, and Amir Jangoo. Three hundreds in a single ODI innings has happened only six times in history. On any other day, that's a match-winning total. India made it look small.

For Gill, this was his second ODI double hundred — the first came against New Zealand in Hyderabad in 2023. This one was faster, bigger, and came in a chase, which is the harder thing to do.

0:40 The Twist

Here's the part that stings for West Indies: they did almost everything right. Won nothing at the toss — India chose to bowl — then piled up a historic total. And it still wasn't enough, because they ran into an innings that broke the record for how fast a double hundred can be scored while chasing the second-biggest target ever chased.

India now lead the three-match series after the second ODI, with the decider in Chandigarh on October 3 — followed by five T20Is.

1:00 The Takeaway

405 used to be a "bat once and go home" total. Gill just proved that in modern ODI cricket, no lead is safe — and that the world's best ODI batter is playing in a gear of his own.