It’s been 40 since ICC Cricket World Cup has started, in this phase we have seen the making of new champions, champions fall to weaker teams and what not. It’s been an exciting journey with many new records being made and old ones being broken. But the latest record in the 2015 World Cup would definitely take some time to break but the way this game is progressing predicting anything would be a mistake.
Chris Gayle created yet another milestone in his illustrious career as he set the record for the highest individual score in a World Cup scoring the 1st ever double century in World Cup history.
Here’s the List of the Highest individual scores in ICC Cricket World Cup
|
Name |
Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
Opp |
Ground |
Match Date |
|
Chris Gayle (WI) |
215 |
147 |
10 |
16 |
Zim |
Canberra |
24 Feb 2015 |
|
Gary Kirsten (SA) |
188* |
159 |
13 |
4 |
UAE |
Rawalpindi |
16 Feb 1996 |
|
Saurav Ganguly (Ind) |
183 |
158 |
17 |
7 |
SL |
Taunton |
26 May 1999 |
|
Viv Richards (WI) |
181 |
125 |
16 |
7 |
SL |
Karachi |
13 Oct 1987 |
|
Kapil Dev (Ind) |
175* |
138 |
16 |
6 |
Zim |
Tunbridge Wells |
18 Jun 1983 |
|
Virender Sehwag (Ind) |
175 |
140 |
14 |
5 |
Ban |
Dhaka |
19 Feb 2011 |
|
CB Wishart (Zim) |
172* |
151 |
18 |
3 |
Nam |
Harare |
10 Feb 2003 |
|
GM Turner (NZ) |
171* |
201 |
16 |
2 |
EA |
Birmingham |
7 Jun 1975 |
|
AC Hudson (SA) |
161 |
132 |
13 |
4 |
Net |
Rawalpindi |
5 Mar 1996 |
|
Imran Nazir (Pak) |
160 |
121 |
14 |
8 |
Zim |
Kingston |
21 Mar 2007 |
|
Matthew Hayden (Aus) |
158 |
143 |
14 |
4 |
WI |
North Sound |
27 Mar 2007 |
Stat updated till 25 February, 2015
While many would not.’t believe their eyes when they see the entry on top the list, we would like to say them that, what they see is completely true. Chris Gayle has not only become the third person after Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Rohit Sharma to hit a double century in One Day Internationals, he also became the first person to hit a double century in World Cups.
In his innings of 215 against Zimbabwe, Chris Gayle broke many records such as highest individual score in World Cup, Highest partnership in ODIs, Equaled the record for most sixes in an innings and also made the record reach the fastest 200.
He broke the 19 year old record made by former Indian coach Gary Kirsten. Kapil Dev and Virender Sehwag are the two lone Indians in the Top 10 list of highest run scorers in the World Cup in a single innings.