betvisa888 casinoWho will score the fastest hundred in the ICC World Cup?

14 fours. 3 sixes. 49 deliveries. That is all it took for Aiden Markram to score a breathtaking hundred in South Africa’s opening game of the 2023 World Cup, who got there by pulling Dilshan Madushanka for a flat six, timing the Sri Lankan seamer to a crisp✤.

As a result, Markram now holds the record for the fastest ton in the tourn🐟ament’s history, usurping Irish legend Kevin O’Brien, who♐ got there in 50 balls vs England in the 2011 edition.

It is no surprise that both of these hundreds were scored in Indian conditions – Markram’s in Delhi and O’Brien’s in Bengaluru – for surfaces and outfields in this part of the world tend to favour batters considerably, and allow for belligerent run scoring. Since the ongoing World Cup is still in its early stages, who is to say that Markram’s record will stick around till 2027?

Who will score the fastest hundred in the ICC World Cup?

There are plenty of batters playing in this tournament who have what it takes to smash a hundred in less than 49 balls, not to exclude Markram himself, who has 1/7 odds of breaking his own record. The likes of Jos Buttler, David Miller, and Glenn Maxwell are all featuring in this World Cup, and a🌄re considered by oddsmakers as likely candidates to achieve this feat.

There is sound reasoning behind these odds, as all three batters have the numbers to back up th🎀eir hard hitting pedigree.

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Jos Buttler: England’s explosive wicketkeeper

Jos Buttler averages in excess of 41 in ODI cricket, with a strike rate over 118. Not to mention the fact that he has scored the 9th and 10th fastest hundreds in ODI history, off 46 and 47 balls, respectively. Replicating either of those efforts🍃 would do the job, and taking into account the brand of cricket England play, Buttler smashing a hundred in 8 overs or less is very much on the cards.

David Miller: The phenomenal South African

David Miller of course is no stranger to this conversation either, w🅷ith an average slightly better than Buttler at 43, striking the ball under 104, which is not quite at the level of the English skipper. If we look at his numbers since the end of the 2019 World Cup, however, we see that average bump up by 20 runs, and the strike rate increase to nearly 116. Those numbers are beyond phenomenal, which makes Killer Miller a decent shout to break his teammate’s record.

Heinrich Klaasen: The Dark Horse

There is another batter playing in this World Cup who averages 40 plus at better than run-a-ball, and he happens to be Markam and Miller’s teammate. Heinrich Klaasen’s overall numbers are somewhere between Buttler’s and Miller’s, with an average of 41 and a strike rate of over 112. Very recently though, he scored an 83 ball 174 against Austr🐟alia in Centurion, in an inning which included 26 boundaries in total, with half of them sixes. Klaasen also scored a 54 ball ton vs the West Indies earlier in the year, which was 3 deliveries quicker than his hundred vs Australia, making him a prime contender to best Markram.

Glenn Maxwell: The IPL Specialist

And then there is Glenn Maxwell, of course. Of cricketers who have batted in a minimum of 50 ODI innings, Maxwell has the highest strike rate of all time, at a whopping 124. His average might be lingering in the early 30s, but he has scored the third fastest century in World Cup cricket, off 51 deliveries vs Afghanistan in Sydney, back in 2015. A regular at the IPL, the Australian hard hi✱tter can not be counted out when talking about scoring a quickfire ton on Indian pitches.

The wild cards: Suryakumar Yadav, Kusal Mendis, and others

There are other players as well who possess the ability to go one better than Aiden Markram, such as Suryakumar Yadav, Kusal Mendis, Iftikhar Ahmed, Hardik Pandya, and any of the English boys, really. If SKY gets an opportunity, he can score at the rate of knots, whereas Kusal Mendis is in the form of his life, having whacked 76 off 42 vs South Africa, followed by a 65 ball hundred vs Pakistan. Iftikhar Ahmed recently scored one off 67 deliveries, albeit vs Nepal, and Hardik Pandya is one of 𝓀four players at this World Cup who strike in excess of 110. Don’t be surprised if one of Jonny Bairstow or Liam Livingstone seize the moment either, for England are ready to die on the strike rate hill.

Closing thoughts: A high-scoring World Cup?

Considering all the talk of this World Cup being a high-scoring one, and the results thus far throwing weight behind that notion for the most part, there is a decent chance that someone might 🍌break Markram’s recently created record. Choose your fighter wisely.

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