David Warner and Virat Kohli
The Australian cricket team emerged from the mess as David Warner and Mitchell Marsh showed some great power-hitting against Pakistan at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday. Marsh and Warner went on to slam centuries, with the left-hander even equaling Virat Kohli’s record of most centuries against a single team. Watch SL vs NED LIVE SCORE AND MATCH UPDATE HERE
Here is the list of records made by Marsh and Warner during the AUS vs PAK match:
* It is the fourth time that both openers have scored centuries in a World Cup match and the first for Australia.
* The score of 259 between Warner and Marsh is the second highest opening partnership in the history of the competition and the best for Australia.
* It is Warner’s fourth consecutive ODI ton against Pakistan and the joint-highest by any player against a side in this format, equaling Virat Kohli (4 against West Indies).
* It is also Warner’s fifth hundred at the World Cup, which is the most by an Australian besides Ricky Ponting.
* Marsh has become the sixth player to smash an ODI century on his birthday, as well as the first Australian to do so. He is also the second year old to hit a World Cup barrel, after Ross Taylor.
* Thanks to the more than 200 partnerships between Warner and Marsh in the game, Australia has tied India for the most such stands in World Cup history (five times each).
First print: October 21, 2023 | 11:23 am IST