Sportzwiki’s Year End Review: Major ODI Records Broken in 2017
Dec 27, 2017 at 1:59 PM
There were total 129 ODIs played in 2017. Out of those, 122 matches finished with a result while seven others failed to produce any results. Apart from those matches, there were also two additional ODIs which had been abandoned without a toss.
Records are made to be broken. In the year of 2017, few ODI records were newly recreated by the players or teams. Here we covered some major ODI records that are broken in 2017.
- (On 25th February)
*Fastest to complete 9,000 ODI runs
Previous Record Holder: Sourav Ganguly (India) – took 228 innings (on 9th January 2004) to complete 9,000 ODI runs.
Current Record Holder: *AB de Villiers (South Africa/Africa XI) – took 205 innings to complete 9,000 ODI runs.
- (On 26th February)
Shortest completed ODI innings (by balls)
Previous Record Holder: Namibia (scored 45 runs) – faced total 84 deliveries (14 overs) against Australia at Potchefstroom on 27th February 2003.
Current Record Holder: Zimbabwe (scored 54 runs) – faced total 83 deliveries (13.5 overs) against Afghanistan at Harare.
- (On 29th May)
Fastest to complete 7,000 ODI runs
Previous Record Holder: Virat Kohli (India) – took 161 innings (on 17th January 2016) to complete 7,000 ODI runs.
Current Record Holder: Hashim Amla (South Africa) – took 150 innings to complete 7,000 ODI runs.
- (On 15th June)
Fastest to complete 8,000 ODI runs
Previous Record Holder: AB de Villiers (South Africa/Africa XI) – took 182 innings (on 26th August 2015) to complete 8,000 ODI runs.
Current Record Holder: Virat Kohli (India) – took 175 innings to complete 8,000 ODI runs.
- (On 3rd September)
Most stumpings in ODI career
Previous Record Holder: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka/Asia XI/ICC World XI) – made 99 stumpings in ODI career.
Current Record Holder: MS Dhoni (India/Asia XI) – broke the record on 3rd September 2017. At the end of this year, MS Dhoni has made 105 stumpings in ODI career.
- (On 29th October)
i) *Fastest to complete 9,000 ODI runs
Previous Record Holder: *AB de Villiers (South Africa/Africa XI) – took 205 innings (on 25th February 2017) to complete 9,000 ODI runs.
Current Record Holder: Virat Kohli (India) – took 194 innings to complete 9,000 ODI runs.
ii) Most runs scored by an ODI captain in a calendar year
Previous Record Holder: Ricky Ponting (Australia) – scored total 1,424 runs in 2007
Current Record Holder: Virat Kohli (India) – broke the record on 29th October 2017. Kohli scored total 1,460 runs as captain in 2017.
- (On 5th December)
Youngest player to take 4 or more wickets in an ODI innings
Previous Record Holder: Talha Jubair (Bangladesh) – at the age of 16 years and 297 days, he claimed a bowling figure of 10-1-65-4 against South Africa at Potchefstroom on 3rd October 2002.
Current Record Holder: Mujeeb Zadran (Afghanistan) – at the age of 16 years and 252 days, he claimed a bowling figure of 10-2-24-4 against Ireland at Sharjah.
[Special record: On the same day, Mujeeb Zadran also became the first ever international cricketer who born in the 21st century (born on 28th March 2001).]