World Cup 2023: Warner breaks Tendulkar, de Villiers’ record of fastest 1000 runs

The left-handed explosive batter, David Warner became the fastest batsman to complete 1,000 runs in ODI World Cup during the match between India and Australia in MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Sunday.

David Warner reached the milestone in just 19 innings to break the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar and AB de Villiers’ joint record of scoring 1,000 runs in 20 innings.

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Walking out to open the innings with Mitchell Marsh, David Warner completed the feat in the seventh over of the innings, with a straight drive to get a boundary off Hardik Pandya’s over. Warner has struck four hundred and three fifties in World Cups so far.

Rohit Sharma will be eyeing to break the record of David Warner, in particular. Indian skipper, Rohit Sharma has scored 978 runs in 17 innings, across two World Cups.