{"id":1728,"date":"2024-10-05T19:49:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T19:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/2024\/10\/05\/usman-khan-sets-record-for-fastest-double-century-in-list-a-cricket\/"},"modified":"2024-10-05T19:49:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T19:49:54","slug":"usman-khan-sets-record-for-fastest-double-century-in-list-a-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/2024\/10\/05\/usman-khan-sets-record-for-fastest-double-century-in-list-a-cricket\/","title":{"rendered":"Usman Khan sets record for fastest double century in List A cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"medium-insert-images ui-sortable\">\n<figure contenteditable=\"false\">\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/assets\/uploads\/updates\/2024-10-05\/567526_3753253_updates.jpg\" alt=\"Pakistans Usman Khan in the jersey of the national cricket team. \u2014 AFP\/File\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class=\"\"\/><figcaption contenteditable=\"true\" class=\"\">Pakistan&#8217;s Usman Khan in the jersey of the national cricket team. \u2014 AFP\/File<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pakistan&#8217;s Usman Khan has set a new national record for the fastest double century in List A cricket.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Usman achieved the feat during the match against SNGPL while representing Eshaal Associates in the ongoing President&#8217;s Cup at Faisalabad&#8217;s Iqbal Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The aggressive batter reached the 200-run mark off 131 balls. On the very next ball, the player retired after scoring 201 runs from 132 deliveries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This new record surpasses the previous mark set by Sharjeel Khan, who completed his double century on 133 balls while representing Sindh against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The match was Usman Khan&#8217;s 10th List A appearance. Across these matches, he has scored 652 runs at an average of 81.5, including one double century, one century, and four half-centuries.<\/p>\n<p>Usman is now the seventh Pakistani cricketer to achieve a double century in List A cricket, joining an elite list that includes Fakhar Zaman, Abid Ali, Mohammad Ali, Sharjeel Khan, Kamran Akmal, and Khalid Latif.<\/p>\n<h2>Pakistan&#8217;s top List A scorers:<\/h2>\n<p>Fakhar Zaman \u2013 210* (2018)<\/p>\n<p>Abid Ali \u2013 209* (2018)<\/p>\n<p>Mohammad Ali \u2013 207 (2005)<\/p>\n<p>Sharjeel Khan \u2013 206 (2022)<\/p>\n<p>Khalid Latif \u2013 204* (2009)<\/p>\n<p>Usman Khan \u2013 201 (2024)<\/p>\n<p>Kamran Akmal \u2013 200 (2018)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/latest\/567526-usman-khan-sets-record-for-fastest-double-century-in-list-a-cricket\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan&#8217;s Usman Khan in the jersey of the national cricket team. \u2014 AFP\/File Pakistan&#8217;s Usman Khan has set a new national record for the fastest double century in List A cricket.\u00a0 Usman achieved the feat during the match against SNGPL while representing Eshaal Associates in the ongoing President&#8217;s Cup at Faisalabad&#8217;s Iqbal Stadium.\u00a0 The aggressive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}