Glenn Maxwell: In the ODI World Cup 2023, Australia defeated Afghanistan by 3 wickets in a spectacular fashion. With this victory, Australia has qualified for the semi-finals. Australia has become the third team to reach the semi-finals in the current World Cup. Before that, India and South Africa had made it to the semi-finals. Afghanistan gave Australia a target of 292 runs to win, which Australia achieved on the basis of Glenn Maxwell's stormy batting. It was because of him that the Australian team was successful in winning the match. He won everyone's hearts with his explosive batting.
Maxwell made a big bangThe Australian team, which was chasing 292 runs, had at one time lost 7 wickets for 91 runs. With this, Afghanistan's victory seemed certain. But Maxwell came to bat with something else in mind. After this he presented a brilliant example of batting. He did such a miracle with batting, which had never happened in cricket before today. Maxwell hit strokes all over the field. There was no match to his batting. In the end, he gave victory to the team by hitting three sixes off Mujeeb Ur Rahman. He scored 201 runs in 128 balls, which included 21 fours and 10 sixes.
Maxwell did these big feats for the first timeGlenn Maxwell scored a double century against Afghanistan in just 128 balls. He has become the first player in the history of ODI cricket to score a double century while chasing the target. All the double centuries scored before in ODI cricket. He was engaged in the first innings. Apart from this, he has become the player who played the biggest innings while chasing the target in ODI. Earlier this record was in the name of Fakhar Zaman of Pakistan. Fakhar had played an inning of 193 runs against South Africa in the year 2021.
Players who played the biggest innings while chasing target in ODI cricket:- 201 - Glenn Maxwell, 2023
- 193 - Fakhar Zaman, 2021
- 185 - Shane Watson, 2011
- 183 - MS Dhoni, 2005
- 183 - Virat Kohli, 2012
The biggest innings played for AustraliaGlenn Maxwell has become the first player to score a double century for Australia. Before this, no Australian player had been able to score a double century in ODIs. Before Maxwell's innings, the record of scoring most runs in a match for Australia was in the name of Shane Watson. Watson played an inning of 185 runs against Bangladesh in 2011.Players who have played the biggest innings for Australia in ODI:
- 201 - Glenn Maxwell, 2023
- 185 - Shane Watson, 2011
- 181 - Matthew Hayden, 2007
- 179 - David Warner, 2017