ICC CWC 2023 Statistics Had A Busy First Week As Several Records Were Broken.
In The First Week Of The Tournament Proper, Many Records Fell, Making The 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Thus Far An Extremely Active Time For Statisticians And Record Keepers.
Many Players And Teams Have Had An Influence And Raised The Bar, Whether It Was Through Outstanding Performance In A Single Inning Or Sustained Excellence Over Several Campaigns. According To The ICC, The Following Are Some Of The Significant Records Broken Thus Far In The Competition.
Mitchell Starc Took 50 CWC Wickets The Fastest.
Starc Is A True World Cup Giant And A Man For Big Stages. He Was The Tournament’s Top Wicket-Taker In Both The 2015 And 2019 Iterations, With The Former Being A World Cup-Winning Campaign At Home. As Of The 2019 World Cup, He Holds The Record For Taking The Most Wickets (27) In A Single Tournament. Additionally, He Had 22 Wickets In The 2015 Competition. He Just Needed 941 Balls To Grab 50 WC Wickets This Year, Making Him The Fastest Bowler To Do It.
-Aiden Markram, Fastest Century In Cricket World Cup History
Several Players Came Close To Kevin O’Brien Of Ireland’s 50-Ball World Cup Ton Against England In A Renowned Run Chase, And It Took 12 Years For India To Surpass That Mark.
Aiden Markram Of South Africa Scored A Century Against Sri Lanka In Just 49 Balls, Joining Quinton De Kock And Rassie Van Der Dussen In The Century Club. His Innings Included 14 Fours And Three Sixes. The Century By Markram Placed The Lankans In A Quandary.
Most Total Scored By A CWC Team: South Africa (428/5).
The Proteas’ Top Order, Which Included Quinton De Kock And Rassie Van Dussen, Produced Dangerous Power And Scored An Unprecedented 428, The Highest-Ever Total In WC History, Surpassing Australia’s 417 Against Afghanistan In 2015.
It Was The Fourth Time In ODI History (And The First At The Cricket World Cup) That A Team’s Batting Scorecard Had Three Hundreds Written On It. Rassie Van Der Dussen And Quinton De Kock Joined Markram As Century-Makers In A Rout Of Sri Lanka’s Bowling Unit.
Pakistan (345) Had The Most Successful CWC Pursuit.
When Pakistan Was Chasing 345 Against Sri Lanka In Hyderabad, They Lost Two Quick Wickets, Including Their Captain Babar Azam. Later On, However, In-Form Players Mohammed Rizwan (131*) And Abdullah Shafique (113) Each Scored Their First World Cup Centuries To Help Pakistan Escape A Crisis And Lead Them To The Most Successful Run-Chase In Tournament History With Six Wickets And Ten Balls Remaining.
The Majority Of International Sixes (556) And CWC Hundreds (7 Total): Rohit Sharma
This Time Around, During A World Cup Campaign At Home, Rohit Sharma Has A Lot To Live Up To After Beginning His Tournament With A Duck Against Australia. He Is Anticipated To Not Only Lead India To A Third Championship In Front Of His Home Fans, But Also To Repeat His Heroics From The 2019 World Cup, When He Led The Batting Charts With 648 Runs In Nine Matches And Five Centuries.
Shades Of The 2019 “Hitman” Could Be Seen Against Afghanistan As He Broke Record After Record.
With Rohit’s 131 Off 84 Balls, His Side Easily Defeated Afghanistan’s 272 To Win With 90 Balls Remaining.
The Captain Completely Set The Tone At The Arun Jaitley Stadium By Smashing 16 Fours And Five Sixes While Maintaining His Normal Balance Between Brazenness And Poise At The Crease. He Smashed His Seventh Cricket World Cup Hundred, Breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s Record Of Six Such Hundreds.
Rohit Has Only Played 19 Innings And Participated In Three World Cups, Compared To Tendulkar’s 44 Innings.
With His Five Sixes In Delhi, Rohit Passed Chris Gayle, The Previous Record-Holder In The Category With 553 Maximums, To Reach 556 Sixes In Three Different International Cricket Formats.
More CWC And ODI Records Will Be Broken In 2023 In India.
Australia
-Fastest To Reach 1000 Runs In Men’s CWC: Rohit Sharma And David Warner (19 Innings)
-Three Of India’s Top Four Were Dismissed For Zero, First-Ever Instance For India In Odis
Bangladesh
Most Men’s CWC Wickets By Any Left-Arm Spinner In The Tournament: Shakib Al Hasan (38 Scalps)
England
England vs. New Zealand, Game 1 Marked The First Time In ODI History When All 11 Batters Recorded Double-Digit Scores.
Joe Root Scored 917 Runs For England During A Men’s CWC.
The Player Who Reached 600 Runs In Odis The Quickest: (23 Innings) Dawid Malan
India
The Greatest Number Of Runs In Successful ODI Run Chases: Sachin Tendulkar Is Overtaken By Virat Kohli
Rohit Sharma (63 Balls) Scored India’s Men’s CWC Fastest Century.
– The Majority Of Centuries When Going For Totals In Men’s Cwcs: (4) Rohit Sharma
Pakistan
Imam-Ul-Haq (67 Innings), Who Reached 3000 ODI Runs Joint-Fastest.
Southern Africa
– In The Fourth Match Between South Africa And Sri Lanka, Three Batters Achieved Hundreds For The First Time Ever In A Men’s CWC Innings.
– South Africa And Sri Lanka Had The Most Runs Scored In A Game (754).
Sri Lanka
Kusal Mendis Scored Sri Lanka’s Century At The CWC’s Fastest Pace (65 Balls).
Source : By LokmatTimes English via Dailyhunt