Maxwell scored a century off just 40 balls, which included

8 sixes and 9 fours — Photo: AFP

In the World Cup 2023, Australia defeated the Netherlands by 309 runs after a one-sided match and also set new records. Australia won the toss and batted first in the match and scored 399 runs for the loss of 8 wickets, which was credited to David Warner, who scored his second consecutive century, and especially Glenn Maxwell, who scored the fastest century.

This is Australia's second-highest score in a World Cup where they previously scored 417 runs for the loss of 6 wickets against Afghanistan in the 2015 World Cup, but this is the highest total ever by Australia on Indian soil. Chasing the target, the Netherlands team was bowled out for just 90 runs, thanks to which Australia won the match by 309 runs, the biggest victory in the history of the World Cup. Earlier, the biggest victory in the World Cup was held by Australia who beat Afghanistan by 275 runs in the 2015 World Cup. Aggressive Australian batsman Glenn Maxwell made the match memorable by scoring the fastest century in World Cup history.

Glenn Maxwell completed the century in just 40 balls and scored 106 runs with the help of 8 sixes and 9 fours in the match. Maxwell's century is the fastest three-digit innings by Australia in ODI cricket, the previous record was held by Maxwell who scored a 51-ball century against Sri Lanka in 2015. Earlier, the honor of scoring the fastest century in the World Cup was held by South Africa's Eden Markram, who scored a 49-ball century in a match against Sri Lanka a few days ago.

Along with Maxwell, David Warner also scored a century in the match, his sixth in the World Cup and he became the highest-scoring Australian batsman in cricket's biggest competition. This record was previously held by Ricky Ponting who scored 5 centuries in the World Cup.

Almost all of the Netherlands bowlers were battered by the Australian batsmen in the match, but Netherlands' star all-rounder Bas de Leda came under fire the most. De Leda scored 115 runs in his quota of 10 overs in the match and became the highest run scorer in a single match in the history of ODI cricket.