IND vs NZ: Dhawan equals the world record of Brian Lara in Napier, become 2nd fastest Indian to do

The first match of the ODI series between India and New Zealand is being played in Napier. In this match, Shikhar Dhawan achieved a special record. Batting first New Zealand team dismissed for 157 runs and gave India a small target of 158 runs in 50 overs.

In reply to this, Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan came to the opening. Dhawan needed 5 runs in this innings to complete his 5000 ODI runs, after scoring this 5 runs he became the fourth fastest scored 5000 runs.

Shikhar Dhawan equals Brian Lara's big record:

The records of the fastest to 5000 ODI runs is named after Amla, who had achieved this position in 101 innings. While Dhawan achieved this achievement in 118 innings. Dhawan has become the fourth player to score the fastest 5000 ODI runs and has equalled Brian Lara (118) in this case. While Virat Kohli is the fastest to score 5000 ODI runs for India, While Dhawan is second, Kohli scored 5000 runs in 114 innings.

Fastest to 5000 ODI runs:

1. 101 Hashim Amla
2. 114 Viv Richards/Virat Kohli
3. 118 Brain Lara/SHIKHAR DHAWAN
4. 119 Kane Williamson

Dhawan has scored 15 centuries and 25 half centuries in his ODI career so far, while his best ODI score is 137 runs and has maintained a good average of 45.22 in ODIs.