David Warner, the opening batsman for Australia, has broken the World Cup record for most runs scored against Pakistan.
At the Kangaroos and Men in Green game on Friday at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium, the batsman accomplished the feat.
Nine sixes and 14 fours let Warner score 163 off 124 balls.
Prior to Warner, Andrew Symonds of Australia had hit 143 against Pakistan in a major match in 2003.
India’s Rohit Sharma, who hammered 140 in 2019, holds the third-highest individual score against Pakistan.
Shaheen Afridi now has two fifers in World Cups, matching Shahid Afridi’s feat of two fifers in the renowned competition after his outstanding fifer against Australia on Friday in Bengaluru.
Despite these individual triumphs, Pakistan nevertheless discovered itself on the wrong side of certain undesirable records. The first wicket stand between David Warner and Mitchell Marsh, 259 runs, was the highest ever in World Cup cricket history. Their partnership was outstanding. Additionally, this was the first time ever in World Cup cricket that Pakistan gave up a partnership of over 200 runs.
Australia also broke a previous record by scoring the most runs ever against Pakistan in one innings in tournament history. Earlier in the ongoing event in Hyderabad, Sri Lanka set a record of 344 runs, which was eclipsed by this accomplishment.
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