KL Rahul Breaks Rohit Sharma’s Record Of Smashing Fastest Century In ODI World Cups
New Delhi: Indian wicketkeeper batter KL Rahul scripted history by smashing the fastest century by an Indian batsman in an ODI World Cup. The right-handed batter notched up his ton in just 62 balls against the Netherlands in Bengaluru on November 12, Sunday. He broke the record previously held by Indian skipper Rohit Sharma who slammed a 63-ball hundred against Afghanistan in New Delhi in the ongoing prestigious tournament.
“Not gotten a lot of time (in the middle) in the last two games, so it was nice to get some time today. Batting at 5, it’s important to get that confidence, it was a good knock. Getting that confidence to hit sixes towards the end was important. It’s not rocket science, got to go hard in the last 10 overs. Tried to get as many runs as possible, that was the plan, the ball gets softer, so hitting sixes at the back end becomes difficult. It’s just not this game, everyone has a clear game plan, we have been executing it (our plans) pretty well. Need to win this game and look forward to the semis. It (keeping) gets difficult sometimes, but I enjoy being involved in the game, the bowlers have challenged me during DRS calls, but they don’t give me enough credit (on DRS calls),” KL Rahul said after the first innings.
Fastest century for India in World Cups (by balls)
62 – KL Rahul vs NED, today*
63 – Rohit Sharma v AFG, 2023
81 – Virender Sehwag v BER, 2007
83 – Virat Kohli v BAN, 2011
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