| ICC Males’s World Cup, Delhi: |
| South Africa 428-5 (50 overs): Van der Dussen 108 (110), Markram 106 (54), De Kock 100 (84) |
| Sri Lanka: But to bat |
| Scorecard. Table |
Aiden Markram hit the quickest World Cup hundred as South Africa made 428-5 – the very best rating within the event’s historical past – towards Sri Lanka in Delhi.
Markram made his ton off 49 balls, one faster than Eire’s Kevin O’Brien towards England in Bangalore in 2011.
He lastly fell for 106 from 54, after Quinton de Kock and Rassie van der Dussen had additionally hit centuries.
David Miller then took the rating past the earlier file of Australia’s 417-6 towards Afghanistan in 2015.
Sri Lanka, who’re coached by former England coach Chris Silverwood, crumbled amid the carnage on the flattest of pitches.
They leaked 21 wides and needed to bowl the ultimate two overs with one other fielder up contained in the ring due to a gradual over-rate.
Matheesha Pathirana conceded 26 runs from the forty third over, with the seamer’s 10 overs costing 95 for one wicket.
It was additionally the primary time in a Males’s World Cup three batters have scored centuries in the identical innings.
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