Australian star opening batter David Warner continued his good run with the bat as he broke Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar's record of scoring 1000 runs in the fewest innings taken. India and Australia began their proceedings in the World Cup 2023 with a high-octane game at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The Men in Blue made a strong start but could not stop Warner from shattering a massive record.
Warner has become the quickest batter to score 1000 runs in the ODI World Cup in terms of innings taken. He registered the milestone in 19 innings, one better than both Tendulkar and de Villiers who took 20 each. Warner needed 8 runs to reach the four-digit mark and he reached there in style with a four off Hardik Pandya.
Fastest to 1000 ODI World Cup run (by innings taken)
1. David Warner - 19 innings
2. Sachin Tendulkar/ AB de Villiers - 20
3. Viv Richards/ Sourav Ganguly - 21
4. Mark Waugh - 22
5. Herschelle Gibbs - 22
Notably, Rohit Sharma stands a chance to go past the Aussie opener as he is in frame to reach the 1000-run mark quicker than him. Sharma has played a total of 17 innings in the 50-over World Cup and will go past the Southpaw if he scores 22 runs in the chase against Australia. Warner could not make his fourth successive fifty in the format as he was dismissed for 41 by Kuldeep Yadav.
Suffering a backlash over his form in Test cricket, Warner continues to impress in ODIs. He scored five fifty-plus scores, including a hundred in his last seven innings in the format. Warner earlier announced that he intends to retire from the Test format at the Sydney Cricket Ground at the end of the Australia vs Pakistan Test series in 2024. The Southpaw added that he intends to play the white-ball cricket till the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024.
