In Australia’s World Cup 2023 opening match against the hosts Team India on Sunday at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, veteran Australian opener David Warner wrote history. In their final white-ball encounter before the World Cup, India defeated them 2-1 in the series, but Pat Cummins and company picked up the fight against the Men in Blue in game five at the Chepauk.

Warner, the senior Australian batter, lead Australia’s batting order in the tournament’s opening match, and he played a tough knock despite not reaching his half-century. Warner scored 41 runs off 52 deliveries while smashing six fours. But the veteran batter made history in his opening match at the One Day International (ODI) World Cup in India.

David Warner breaks Tendulkar and De Villiers’ World Cup record

In the ICC World Cup’s 50-over version, the Australian opener set a record for the quickest player to reach 1,000 runs. In his 19th inning, Warner accomplished the illustrious accomplishment. Warner has surpassed batting greats Sachin Tendulkar and former South Africa captain AB de Villiers, who previously shared the World Cup mark. In 20 innings, Tendulkar and De Villiers each accomplished the feat. Viv Richards and Sourav Ganguly, two legendary batters, accomplished the same feat in 21 innings.

Warner reached the milestone in the seventh over of the five-time champions’ first innings, which was bowled by bowler Hardik Pandya. In order to reach 1000 runs at the ODI World Cup, Warner hit a boundary. It’s interesting to note that Indian captain Rohit Sharma has a chance to break Warner’s record in the same game in Chennai. The seasoned Indian opener has 978 runs in 17 World Cup innings.

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Kuldeep Yadav, a spinner, struck out Warner in the 17th over of the Australian batting order. Prior to that, India got off to a strong start when speed ace Jasprit Bumrah struck out Mitchell Marsh for a six-ball duck. Bumrah made ODI World Cup history by becoming the first Indian bowler to remove an Australian opener for a duck. With the catch of the Australian opener, former India captain Virat Kohli broke Anil Kumble’s record for most catches (by a non-wicketkeeper) for India in ODI World Cup history.

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