Sri Lankan all rounder Thisara Perera played one of the best knocks in ODI history as he scored 140 runs (8 fours & 13 sixes) off just 74 balls against New Zealand in the second ODI at Mount Maunganui. He came to bat when his team were reeling at 121/5 in the chase of 320 runs and played his shots from the first ball itself and brought up his maiden ODI hundred in just 57 balls. During this marathon knock he broke and created a few records.

140 - Thisara Perera's score of 140 runs is the third highest score by a player batting at 7 or below in ODI cricket.

Highest ODI score batting at 7 or below -

170* - Luke Ronchi vs SL at Dunedin, 2015

146* - Marcus Stoinis vs NZ at Auckland, 2017

140 - Thisara Perera vs NZ at Mount Maunganui, 2019

139* - MS Dhoni vs Africa XI at Chennai, 2007

130 - Shaun Pollock vs Asia XI at Bangalore, 2007

13 - Number of sixes Thisara Perers hit in his 140 runs knock - the sixth most in an innings in ODIs.

Most sixes in an innings in ODIs -

16 - AB de Villiers vs WI at Johannesburg, 2015

16 - Rohit Sharma vs AUS at Bangalore, 2013

16 - Chris Gayle vs ZIM at Canberra, 2015

15 - Shane Watson vs BAN at Dhaka, 2011

14 - Corey Anderson vs WI at Queenstown, 2014

13 - Thisara Perera vs NZ at Mount Maunganui, 2019

57 - Thisara Perera's 57 balls hundred is the joint 18th fastest in the world and third fastest by a Sri Lankan player.

Fastest ODI hundreds for Sri Lanka (By Balls) -

48 - Sanath Jayasuriya vs PAK at Singapore, 1996

55 - Sanath Jayasuriya vs BAN at Karachi, 2008

57 - Thisara Perera vs NZ at Mount Maunganui, 2019

64 - Sanath Jaysuriya vs NED at Amstelveen, 2006