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
Fakhar Zaman off 63 balls - Pakistan vs New Zealand - Bengaluru, 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
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