Australia batter Glenn Maxwell scored the fastest hundred in ODI World Cup history against the Netherlands at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Maxwell scored a 40-ball hundred, which is also the fourth fastest century in ODI cricket.
Maxwell hammered nine fours and eight maximum in his 44-ball stay in the middle. He got out in the last over to Logan van Beek for 106.
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Earlier, South Africa’s Aiden Markram held the record for the fastest World Cup hundred, with a 49-ball century against Sri Lanka, at the same venue.
Fastest Centuries in ODI World Cup
Glenn Maxwell off 40 balls – Australia vs Netherlands – Delhi, 2023
Aiden Markram off 49 balls – South Africavs Sri Lanka – Delhi, 2023
Kevin O’Brian off 50 balls – Ireland vs England – Bangalore, 2011
Glenn Maxwell off 51 balls – Australia vs Sri Lanka – Sydney, 2015
AB de Villiers off 52 balls – South Africa vs West Indies – Sydney, 2015
Eoin Morgan off 57 balls – England vs Afghanistan – Manchester, 2019
Heinrich Klaasen off 61 balls – South Africa vs England – Mumbai, 2023
Rohit Sharma off 63 balls – India vs Afghanistan – Delhi, 2023
Kusal Mendis off 65 balls – Sri Lanka vs Pakistan – Hyderabad, 2023
Mathew Hayden off 66 balls – Australia vs South Africa – Basseterre, 2007
John Davison off 67 balls – Canada vs West Indies – Centurion, 2003
Paul Stirling off 70 balls – Ireland vs Netherlands – Kolkata, 2011
Kumar Sangakkara off 70 balls – Sri Lanka vs England – Wellington, 2015
Adam Gilchrist off 72 balls – Australia vs Sri Lanka – Bridgetown, 2007
Kumar Sangakkara off 73 balls – Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh – Melbourne, 2015
Shaiman Anwar off 79 balls – UAE vs Ireland – Brisbane, 2015
Brendan Taylor off 79 balls – Zimbabwe vs Ireland – Hobart, 2015
Fastest ODI Centuries
AB de Villiers off 31 balls – South Africa v West Indies – Johannesburg, 2015
Corey Anderson off 36 balls – New Zealand v West Indies – Queenstown, 2014
Shahid Afridi off 37 balls – Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Nairobi, 1996
Glenn Maxwell off 40 balls – Australia vs Netherlands – Delhi, 2023
Asif Khan off 41 balls – UAE v Nepal, Kirtipur, 2023