Canada Global(Web News) Australian batsman Glenn Maxwell made a new history in ODI cricket by scoring a double century against Afghanistan in the ICC World Cup.
In the World Cup match played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on October 7, Australia qualified for the semi-finals by defeating Afghanistan by 3 wickets thanks to Maxwell’s unbeaten innings of 201 runs off 128 balls. Maxwell’s 201 runs His innings included 10 sixes and 21 fours. Australian batsman Maxwell made a new history in ODI cricket.
Glenn Maxwell also became the first Australian batsman to score a double century in ODI cricket. A total of 11 double centuries have been scored in ODI cricket so far, but Maxwell’s double century is unique among all previous double centuries. Yes. ! Maxwell is the first batsman in the world to score a double century while chasing the target in ODI cricket.
According to cricket statistician Mazhar Arshad, 10 double centuries had previously been scored by batsmen batting first against the opposition while Maxwell scored a brilliant double century in pursuit of the target. He is the first non-opener batsman to score a century, previously all double centuries were scored by openers. It should be noted that Australia qualified for the semi-finals by defeating Afghanistan by 3 wickets. Earlier, India and South Africa first. have qualified for the knockout stage.
