Bangladesh opener Soumya Sarkar has broken legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's 14-year-old record during the second ODI match against New Zealand in Nelson on Wednesday
Bangladesh's Soumya Sarkar breaks Sachin Tendulkar's 14-year record during BAN vs NZ 2nd ODI
Nelson [New Zealand], December 20 (ANI): Bangladesh opener Soumya Sarkar has broken legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's 14-year-old record during the second ODI match against New Zealand in Nelson on Wednesday.
Soumya also reached a significant milestone along the way as his 169 is now the highest individual score by an Asian in New Zealand. He surpassed Sachin Tendulkar's previous best of 163 not out against New Zealand in Christchurch in 2009.
Soumya played a 169-run knock from 151 balls with a strike rate of 111.92. The left-handed batter slammed 22 fours and 2 sixes against the Kiwi bowling attack in the first inning.
The 30-year-old's knock against New Zealand helped him to surpass Tendulkar's milestone for the highest runs in ODIs by a player from the sub-continent in New Zealand. In 2009, the 'Master Blaster' played an unbeaten 163-run knock against the Kiwis in Christchurch.
Soumya Sarkar (169 runs from 151 balls),
Wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim (45 runs from 57 balls) played.
The 'Bengal Tigers' put 291 on the scoreboard.