List of records broken in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 tournament has indeed witnessed numerous records being broken, with teams and players making history and setting new benchmarks, keeping record-keepers and statisticians quite busy throughout the tournament. So far, 10 matches have been played in ODI World Cup 2023. Let's have a look at complete list of records broken in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 tournament.
Fastest 50 wickets in Cricket World Cup
Australia pacer Mitchell Starc is now the quickest to reach the wicket-taking record of 50 scalps in Cricket World Cups. Starc (19 innings) surpassed Sri Lankan bowling legend Lasith Malinga (25 innings to reach 50 wickets in World Cups) when he dismissed India's Ishan Kishan for golden duck in IND vs AUS ICC Cricket World Cup match on October 5 in Chennai.
Fastest century in World Cup history
South African batter Aiden Markram broke the record for the fastest century in Cricket World Cup history. Markram scored a century off just 49 deliveries during South Africa vs Sri Lanka Cricket World Cup match, beating the previous mark by Ireland's Kevin O'Brien against England in 2011 by one delivery.
Biggest team total in Cricket World Cup: South Africa (428/5)
Centuries from Rassie van der Dussen, Quinton de Kock and Aiden Markram helped South Africa post an unseen 428-run first-innings total in their World Cup fixture against Sri Lanka.
Biggest Chase
World-class centuries from Mohammad Rizwan (131* from 121) and Abdullah Shafique (113 off 103) helped Pakistan beat Sri Lanka in the biggest-ever successful chase in ICC Men's Cricket World Cup history. In this match at Hyderabad, Pakistan chased down the 354-run target with 10 balls to spare.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: All Records Broken By Team India So Far In ODI World Cup 2023
- Joint-most wickets falling to spin in a Cricket World Cup game: Australia (6), vs. India
- First time in ODIs vs Australia, India's top four batsmen got out for zero (duck)
- Virat Kohli (5517 runs) surpassed Sachin Tendulkar for most runs in successful chases in ODIs
- Rohit Sharma is now the joint-fastest (19 innings) alongside Australia's David Warner for being the fastest to 1000 runs in Cricket World Cups
- Rohit Sharma (7 tons) now has the most hundreds by a player in Cricket World Cups
- Rohit Sharma (3 tons) has now scored most hundreds in second innings in Cricket World Cups
- Rohit Sharma (556) has now hit the most number of international sixes in all formats
- Rohit Sharma (63 balls) now holds the record of scoring the fastest century by an India batter at a Cricket World Cup