India, March 5 -- Rachin Ravindra peppered the record books with a masterful century to light up the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore in broad daylight during the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 second semi-final between New Zealand and South Africa. Ravindra smashed 108 off 101 balls and, in the process, became the only batter to score his first five ODI centuries in an ICC event. He also became the fastest to five centuries in an ICC ODI event, bettering the world record of India's Shikhar Dhawan. Ravindra, who smashed three centuries in his ODI World Cup debut in India in 2023, took only 13 innings to score his 5th century in an ICC event, taking two less than former India opener Dhawan.

It was Ravindra's second century in this Champions Trophy. A...