On Sunday in Chennai, Australian starting pitcher David Warner became the quickest player to reach 1000 runs in ODI World Cups. He broke the previous record of 20 set by South African hero AB de Villiers and Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar in just his 19th World Cup inning.
In the 2015 World Cup, the left-hander scored 345 runs in eight games, and in 2019, he nearly doubled that total with 647 runs from ten games, including three centuries.
He joins Mark Waugh (1004) and Adam Gilchrist (1085) as the fourth Australians to surpass 1000 World Cup runs. Ricky Ponting was the first with 1743. Waugh was the quickest of them all, taking 22 innings.
It took West Indian icon Vivian Richards and former India captain Sourav Ganguly a combined 21 innings to hit 1000 runs, compared to Tendulkar, de Villiers, and Waugh.
In the first innings of Australia’s 2023 World Cup opener against India at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, David Warner got over the mark. Before the game, he had 992 runs after 18 innings.
He hit a straight drive against Hardik Pandya on the first delivery of the seventh over that clipped the all-rounder’s fingertips and went for a four.
The fact that Pandya required some time before he could bowl again and left the field shortly after suggests that it may have had a greater effect than setting a record. Due of Pandya’s versatility, the Men in Blue have become a little bit too dependent on him. The only replacement is Shardul Thakur, who has yet to demonstrate his batting potential in ODIs.
Rohit Sharma would chase David Warner’s same record today
Rarely will the Indian captain Rohit Sharma and the Australian opener’s opposite number aim for the same score in the second inning.
The 2019 World Cup’s leading run-scorer, Rohit, with 978 runs after 17 innings. He would surpass David Warner on the list if he scored 22 more runs in his final 18 innings of play today.