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Daryl Mitchell was in sublime touch once again as he scored a terrific century in the second match of the ODI series. Mitchell has proved to be an all-format player and has a special record in ODI where he is ranked 2nd in the ICC rankings, just behind Virat Kohli. He has an average of more than 55 in the format and he just keeps getting better. Mitchell scored his century of 96 balls and brought up his milestone with a push down the ground to Harshit Rana for a single. Watch the celebration here. During this knock, Mitchell also became the fourth fastest in the world to reach the milestone of 2500 runs as he did it in just 58 innings. The list is led by Shubman Gill but the Mitchell happens to be the fastest to the mark from New Zealand. He broke the record of Kane Williamson who achieved this in 63 innings.
Mitchell continued his form in second IND vs NZ ODI in Rajkot, he slammed a century after he scored 84 in Vadodara in the opening match. In fact, he has scored more than half century in five of his last six innings and all have been productive. In the previous series vs West Indies he scored 119 and against England scored 44, 56, and 78.
Mitchell also has an excellent record against the Indian team against whom he averages over 60. In 12 matches he has more than 550 runs to his name, including three centuries as well. To add to that, he is chasing Virat Kohli, to be the World No. 1 batter now in ODI’s, with only one point separating the two. After this innings it is certain that Mitchell is set to surpass Kohli.
The ICC rankings are updated every week on Wednesday and with the third ODI on Sunday both Kohli and Mitchell will be fighting for the top spot. Daryl Mitchell entertained the crowd with a terrific century and put New Zealand in top position chasing a target of 280.
