Rahul hit a hundred in just 62 balls, which is the fastest century for India in the World Cup. Rahul beat Rohit’s record in this area.
Aim for sixes against the Netherlands in the 2023 World Cup. India got 410 runs in this game at Bangalore’s Chinnaswamy Stadium, even though they lost four wickets in 50 overs. With the help of 10 fours and 5 sixes, Shreyas Iyer scored 128 runs in 94 balls without being out. At the same time, KL Rahul hit 11 fours and 4 sixes to score 102 runs in 64 balls. Rahul and Shreyas also made a lot of records. Besides this, Rohit Sharma (captain) got 61 runs, Shubman Gill 51 runs, and Virat Kohli 51 runs.
Rohit’s record was broken by Rahul.
Rahul hit a hundred in just 62 balls, which is the fastest century for India in the World Cup. Rahul beat Rohit’s record in this area. In this World Cup, Rohit hit a hundred off of 63 balls against Afghanistan. For the fourth wicket, Rahul and Shreyas Iyer put together a stand of 208 runs in 128 balls.
India’s fastest hundred in the World Cup
62 balls for KL Rahul against the Netherlands in 2023; 63 balls for Rohit Sharma against Afghanistan in 2023; 81 balls for Virender Sehwag against Bermuda in 2007
Virat Kohli vs. Bangladesh, 2011: 83 balls
Rahul’s hundred is the fifth fastest in this World Cup. Glenn Maxwell of Australia holds the record for the fastest hundred to be scored in this World Cup. He hit 100 off of 40 balls against the Netherlands. Aiden Markram of South Africa is in second place with a hundred off of 49 balls. This is what he did to Sri Lanka. Travis Head from Australia is in third place. He hit 100 off of 59 balls against New Zealand. Friedrich Klaasen from South Africa is in fifth place at the same time. He got 100 runs off of 61 balls.
It’s been 12 years since India scored a major in the World Cup.
Also, Shreyas Iyer is the third Indian batsman to score a hundred while playing at number four in the World Cup. It’s been 12 years since an Indian batsman scored a hundred while playing at number four. Yuvraj Singh did this last in the 2011 World Cup. That night, he scored 113 runs against West Indies. At the same time, Sachin Tendulkar had already done this. When Sachin was playing at number four in the 1999 World Cup, he scored 140 runs without getting out against Kenya.