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Men’s ODI WC: Australia’s Glenn Maxwell Smashes Fastest Century In ODI World Cup
ODI World Cup: Australia’s big-hitting all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has smashed the fastest hundred in Men’s ODI World Cup history when he reached his hundred in 40 balls against the Netherlands in a league match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday.
Through his whirlwind knock, he broke the record of fastest ODI World Cup century held by South Africa’sAiden Markram, who reached three-figure mark off just 49 deliveries against Sri Lanka at the same venue and co-incidentally at the same pitch on October 7.
Maxwell’s 40-ball hundred, eventually making 106 runs off 44 deliveries, hitting nine fours and eight sixes, to score what is now overall the fourth fastest century in men’s ODI cricket.He reached his fifty in 27 balls and then took only 13 balls to get a record-breaking century in a breath-taking assault over Netherlands’ bowling attack.
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