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The 18th match of the ODI World Cup 2023 witnessed an electrifying start to the play as Australia’s openers unleashed carnage on the Pakistan bowling unit. The game saw Aussie batters David Warner and Mitchell Marsh notch up brilliant ce⭕nturies🌜 at M. Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru and sending Twitter into a frenzy.
The thrilling and breathtaking display of power hitting by the Australian duo even marked just the fourth instance in World Cup history when both openers registered hundreds, creating waves of excitemen🐽t in the cricketing world.
Massive partnership and a great start to Australia’s innings
Asked to bat first by Pakistan, Australia’s innings witnessed Warner (163) and Marsh (121) orchestrate a remarkable partnership that lit up the Bengaluru stadium. They were not just content with mere fifties but went on to score centuries, firmly asserting their dominance over Pakistan’s bowlers and powering Australia to a mammoth total of 3ꦐ67/9 in their💟 allotted 50 overs. This stellar performance was a testament to their skill, determination, and ability to thrive under immense pressure. Both openers showcased their class and grace while pulverizing the opposition’s bowling attack.
Nevertheless, the Pakistan bowlers did manage to make a comeback towards the end by putting a stop to the Aussie onslaught, with Shaheen Afridi bagging a brilliant fifer and Haris Rauf picking three wickets.
Century on birthday
What made this century from Marsh even more special was the fact that he achieved it on his birthday. This added a layer of sentimentality to the already significant feat. Marsh became only the second player in World Cup history to score a century on his birthday, joining the likes of Ross Taylor, who had achieved this milestone in 2011 with an unbeaten 131🌳 against Pakist🍃an in Pallekele.
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Twitter Erupts
As♛ Warner and Marsh pummeled the Pakistani bowler🍬s all over the park, Twitter erupted with excitement. Fans and cricket experts took to the platform to express their admiration for the astonishing display of talent. The internet was flooded with messages, memes, and hashtags celebrating the brilliant centuries by the Australian openers. The cricketing world was in awe of this dominating performance and eagerly shared their thoughts and reactions.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
What a st💛unning openi🌸ng partnership this is between Warner and Marsh 😍
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
S🐻ensational today from David Warner. Lots of life left in white ball cricket for him. Other than Mitch Marsh no one really got the better of this surface or the bowling. And that tells you what a great innings it ⭕was
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Haanji. Kya jazbaat hain?
— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph)
This now is🤡 becoming more of a T20 kind of batting by Australia. Pakistan are now on a hiding to nothing
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
David Warner has 3꧃ 150+ scores at the ICC Cricket World.
No one has more than 1.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
Hundred by David Warner.
Hundred by Birthday Boy Marsh 🔥
– Clueless Pakistani bowling at the Chinnaswamy Stadium!
Pak Getting Thrashed and now thisꦰ is Greatest Partnershi🐲p for AUS in WC
— VINEETH𓃵🦖 (@sololoveee)
Warner – Marsh On fire 🔥
— V I P E R™ (@VIPERoffl)
Most 150+ scores in ODI format:
Rohit Sharma – 8
David Warner – 7*
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Australia when Pakistan exist 😭
— Haroon (@ThisHaroon)
David Warner celebrated Mitch Marsh’s century with even more gusto than ဣhis own on a day he himself has played a knock that is a celebration of David Warner the ODI batter
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07)
Warner𝕴 aur Marsh ne aaj Pakistan bowling ka janaza nikaa𒉰l diya.
— Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna)
Australia facing Pakistan in a world cup game.
— Dexie (@dexiewrites)
Australia batters vs Pakistan bowling 😅😅
— Kashif Malik (@SportsK89857)