This article describes the List of Fastest Centuries in Cricket World Cup History made by the players. Many legendary and experienced players from all over the world have performed very well in the matches. Following is the description of all the players who have shown outstanding batting performance and have scored very fast centuries in the ODI format cricket.
List of Fastest Centuries in Cricket World Cup History:
Aiden Markram:
Aiden Markram is one of the finest players in the cricket history. He has played all the format matches including the test, ODI and the T20 International Cricket matches. Considering only Cricket World Cup history, he is considered the top player who has made the fastest century. He has made this century on 49 balls with a good batting average. Many centuries have been made by him in ODI matches. In this match in which he scored the fastest century, he scored a total of 106 runs.
Aiden Markram has always been a very dedicated and experienced player from the South African team. He is always hard working for his team. He always bats very well and he has a good batting average in the Cricket World Cup matches. The fastest century was made by him while playing against Sri Lanka. This match between South Africa and Sri Lanka was played on 7th October 2023.
Kevin O’ Brein:
The Second person to record the fastest century in Cricket World Cup history is Kevin O’Brien. This century was made by him on 2nd March 2011. The century was made by him when he was playing against England from the Ireland team side. Here he scored 113 runs. He took 50 balls to reach the century. This was an incredible performance of Kevin O’ Brein which led him to be among the players with the fastest centuries in the Cricket World Cup history.
He showed his outstanding performance in that match and was able to make a good record in the ODI format. Kevin O’B O’Briens has always been a legendary and experienced cricketer from Ireland. He has amassed many records in other formats of cricket as well. This is a big achievement for him to get this title.
Glenn Maxwell:
Glenn Maxwell has scored the fastest century in the Cricket World Cup against Sri Lanka. He has played many Cricket World Cup matches up till now. Glenn Maxwell possesses a very experienced career in ODI format cricket. A total of 102 runs have been made by him in this match. This century was made on 51 balls.
It was played on 8th March, 2015 through his outstanding performances due to which he is a record holder. He belongs to the Australian cricket team and made his fastest century against Sri Lanka.
AB de Villiers:
AB de Villiers has made his fastest century in the Cricket World Cup history against West Indies. This century was made by him on 52 balls. This match was played between South Africa and West Indies. It was played on 27th February 2015. At that time AB de Villiers was on strike with 162 runs. He has amassed a good record in the Cricket World Cup history. AB de Villiers has also made many other sanctuaries in another format of cricket.
This is a great performance from his side for the South African cricket team. The entire team squad and the South African team administration are always happy with the performance of AB de Villiers. In the upcoming Cricket World Cup 2023, he will also be performing more passionately to get his team to the finals.
Eoin Morgan:
Eoin Morgan is a very famous English cricketer who played very well in ODI format cricket. He has scored many centuries in his international cricket. Eoin Morgan is a very experienced cricketer and one of the most famous cricketers in making the fastest centuries in the Cricket World Cup. He has a very huge fan base and he made his fan following by his great batting skills. His fastest century was made against Afghanistan. He was playing this match on 18th June 2019. In this match, he has made 101 runs with a good batting average.
The fastest century that was made in this match of the Cricket World Cup 2019 was on 57 balls. He is on the fifth position of the list of fastest centuries made by the players in Cricket World Cup history. This match between England and Afghanistan was very memorable as Eoin Morgan made a very fast century that was much admired by all the cricket fans there. He has always been a very passionate player in all the formats of cricket. Not only the Cricket World Cup but also other tournaments are there in which he has shown his best performances and outstanding batting skills.
Conclusion:
The well-experienced players from different teams have made many records. Out of this, the record of making the fastest century has been taken by Aiden Markram. Other players on the list include Kevin O’Brien, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, and Eoin Morgan.