ICC ODI World Cup: High 10 highlights from league stage | Cricket Information – Instances of India

NEW DELHI: After virtually six weeks of big totals, shock wins, heartbreaking losses, information and controversies, the group stage of the Cricket World Cup ended on Sunday.
Forward of the semi-finals, which get underway on Wednesday, AFP Sport appears at 10 highlights from the opening spherical:
1. The match was simply two days outdated when South Africa’s Aiden Markramsmashed the quickest World Cup century off 49 balls towards Sri Lanka in New Delhi.His workforce additionally entered the report books with the very best ever match whole of 428 in a 102-run win. Markram’s blitz bettered the 50 balls Eire’s Kevin O’Brien wanted to hit a 100 towards England in Bengaluru in 2011. Nevertheless, Markram stated he “would not be stunned” if his report was crushed by the tip of the match. He was proved proper byGlenn Maxwell simply 18 days later.

2. Mohammad Rizwan and Abdullah Shafique made centuries as Pakistan chased down the very best goal in World Cup historical past to beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in Hyderabad. Rizwan overcame leg cramps to attain 131 not out whereas Shafique hit 113 as Pakistan overhauled their 345-run goal. Sri Lanka’s imposing whole of 344-9 was constructed round good lots of from Kusal Mendis and Sadeera Samarawickrama.
3. Afghanistan pulled off one of many best World Cup shocks after they defeated defending champions England by 69 runs in New Delhi. Chasing 285 to win, after opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz had hit a blistering 80, England had been bowled out for 215 with spinners Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan claiming three wickets every. Eight days later in Chennai, Afghanistan chased down 283 to shock neighbours Pakistan with Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah and Gurbaz all scoring fifties. In between, the Netherlands exploited South Africa’s dislike of chasing by beautiful the Proteas by 38 runs in what Dutch media described as “the miracle of Dharamsala”.

4. Maxwell took Markram’s quickest World Cup century report by hitting a 41-ball hundred in Australia’s 309-run rout of the Netherlands at New Delhi. Australia made 399-8 earlier than the Dutch had been dismissed for simply 90 in 21 overs. Maxwell’s ton was additionally the fourth quickest century in all ODIs. South Africa’s AB de Villiers leads the best way together with his 31-ball century towards the West Indies in Johannesburg in 2015.
5. Australia edged out New Zealand by simply 5 runs within the highest-scoring World Cup sport in historical past in Dharamsala. Australia scored 388 as Travis Head top-scored with 109 and fellow opener David Warner made 81. New Zealand battled exhausting with Rachin Ravindra making 116. With a complete of 771 runs, it was the very best scoring sport at a World Cup, beating the 754 scored in South Africa’s win towards Sri Lanka earlier within the match.

6. Mohammed Shami took 5 wickets as Sri Lanka had been bowled out for simply 55 as India secured a semi-final place with a colossal 302-run win in Mumbai. Sri Lanka’s woeful innings featured 5 noughts, with each their openers falling for golden geese as they flopped in pursuit of 358.
7. Fakhar Zaman cracked a blistering century in a rain-affected and dramatic 21-run victory for Pakistan over New Zealand at Bengaluru. The left-hander smashed 11 sixes and eight boundaries in his unbeaten 81-ball 126 as rain pressured a untimely finish to the match with Pakistan 200-1 after 25.3 overs. Rachin Ravindra hit his third century of the match whereas Kane Williamson scored 95 to assist New Zealand pile up 401-6 of their 50 overs.

8. Virat Kohli equalled Sachin Tendulkar’s report of 49 one-day worldwide lots of as India bowled out South Africa for simply 83 in a 243-run rout with the famous person hailing his achievement as “the stuff of desires”. Kohli, on his thirty fifth birthday, obtained to the landmark in 119 balls, together with 10 fours, at Kolkata’s iconic Eden Gardens which was full of round 70,000 followers. It had taken him 277 innings to attain 49 lots of at this stage in comparison with the greater than 450 required by fellow India 2011 World Cup-winner Tendulkar.
9. Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews branded Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan as “disgraceful” after he turned the primary participant in 146 years of worldwide cricket to be given “timed out”. Mathews was adjudged to be out after failing to take strike inside the two-minute time restrict when he got here out to bat in New Delhi. Shakib refused to withdraw the enchantment. “I needed to take a choice to guarantee that my workforce wins,” he stated.

10. Australia captain Pat Cummins described it as “the best one-day innings ever performed” as Glenn Maxwell’s beautiful 201 not out guided Australia into the semi-finals in a sensational three-wicket victory over Afghanistan in Mumbai. At 91-7, chasing 292, Australia had been gazing defeat earlier than Maxwell’s 128-ball innings which featured 21 fours and 10 sixes as he turned simply the third batsman to attain a World Cup double century. He achieved the mark regardless of battling cramps and again spasms which meant he was diminished to hobbling tempo whereas Afghanistan had been left to rue Mujeeb Ur Rahman dropping a easy catch when Maxwell had made simply 33.