Aiden Markram of South Africa hits the fastest ODI century as SA hits the highest total in ODI World Cup.
The World Cup has started with great enthusiasm and entertainment.
New Zealand won the first match of the 2023 World Cup against England.
Second match was played between Pakistan and the Netherlands.
The Netherlands gave a tough fight to the Pakistani team as Pakistan won at last.
The 7th October was the first day of a double-decker match.
The first was played between Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
Bangladesh won the match by six wickets, as the second match was between South Africa and Sri Lanka.
Match Details
Sri Lanka won the toss, as they invited South Africa to bat first.
South Africa Innings
Quinton de Kock and Temba Bavuma opened the innings for South Africa.
Madushanka didn’t let them settle for long, as he took the wicket of Bavuma.
Quinton and Rassie Van der Dussen handled the situation from there.
They were both forming a great partnership as they also completed their half-centuries.
As their match went on, they converted their half-centuries into centuries.
They both formed an important partnership of 204 runs when Pathirana broke their partnership.
Quinton and Rassie lost their wickets in a short period.
Aiden Markram came onto the field as he was making great shots.
As the match went on, he completed his half-century and soon completed his century.
He hit the century in just 49 balls, which was the fastest century in ODIs.
He broke the record for the fastest century by renaming the record in his name.
South Africa made a total of 428/5 runs, the highest total in the ODI World Cup.
Sri Lanka Innings
Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Perera opened the innings for Sri Lanka.
Marco Jansen didn’t let them settle down as soon as he took the wicket of both openers.
Kusal and Charith’s knocks of 76 and 79 runs handled the situation.
But they both lost their wickets as Dasun handled the situation.
He played a good innings of 68 runs as SL lost all their wickets to a score of 326.
SA won the match by 102 runs, as for the fourth time, three players hit a century for a single team.
Records broken ✅✅✅#CWC23 #BePartOfIt pic.twitter.com/oLZSAj1RiD
— Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) October 8, 2023