ENG vs BAN: David Malan’s sixth ODI century in just 23 innings in ODI, leaving Babar Azam behind

David Malan Fastest to six ODI hundreds: The 7th match of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 is being played between England and Bangladesh at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala. In this match, Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl first.

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Bairstow and David Malan made an explosive start in this match.

Bairstow and Malan have given a good start to England in this match and both the batsmen made a century partnership for the first wicket. Jonny Bairstow was out after scoring a half-century. After this, Joe Root, who came to the crease along with David, increased the pace of the team’s runs. There was a century partnership for the second wicket between David and Joe Root. During this period Malan also completed his century.

This is David Malan’s first century in the ICC ODI World Cup

This is Malan’s first century in the ICC ODI World Cup. However, this is his 6th century in ODIs. Malan made a big record in his name with this century. He has become the batsman to score 6 centuries in the least number of innings in ODIs. Malan has crossed this figure in 23 innings. During this period, he has left behind batsmen like Babar Azam, and Imam-ul-Haq.

Fastest 6th ODI century

• 23 – David Malan
• 27-Imam-ul-Haq
• 29- Upul Tharanga
• 32- Babar Azam
• 34- Hashim Amla

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Malan was out after scoring 140 runs. During his innings, he hit 16 fours and 5 sixes. On the basis of his innings, Malan has reached fourth place in the list of batsmen who have made the highest individual score for England in the World Cup.

This is Malan’s fourth century in the ODI this year

This is Malan’s fourth century in the ODI this year. David is the third batsman after David Gower and Jonny Bairstow to score four ODI centuries for England in a calendar year. David Gower did this in 1983, while Jonny Bairstow did this feat in 2018. If we talk about David Malan’s statistics this year, he has scored 674 runs in 9 innings at a strike rate of 100.14 and an average of 84.25.