ICC World Cup Records and Stats: Overall Bowling Records by the Top Players

In response to criticisms about the 2007 World Cup, the ICC has since showed interest in modifying the format, and more teams and games have played. Bowlers play a strong role in ensuring the success of a team in a particular match. Bowlers have the power to reverse the predictions of a particular game/match if it is not working in the team favour. It has happened many times that the bowlers took the game in their hands and fought the batsmen to grab victory in the toughest of situations. Such bowlers have also created history for their team. The information about the players and the team is specified in the following table:

Record	First		Second		Ref(s)
Fastest double century	Chris Gayle v Zimbabwe (2015)	138 balls	Martin Guptill v West Indies (2015)	152 balls	[27]
Fastest 150	AB de Villiers v West Indies (2015)	64 balls	Imran Nazir v Zimbabwe (2007)	116 balls	[28][29]
Most ducks	Nathan Astle	5 out of 22	Ijaz Ahmed	5 out of 26	[30]
Most sixes	Chris Gayle	49	AB de Villiers	37	[31]
Most sixes in an innings	Eoin Morgan v Afghanistan (2019)	17	Chris Gayle v Zimbabwe (2015)	16	[32]
Most fours	Sachin Tendulkar	241	Kumar Sangakkara	147	[33]
Most fours in an innings	Martin Guptill v West Indies (2015)	24	Tillakaratne Dilshan v Bangladesh (2015)	22	[34]
Most runs through boundaries in an innings	Martin Guptill v West Indies (2015)	162	Chris Gayle v Zimbabwe (2015)	136	[35][36]
Highest partnership	Marlon Samuels & Chris Gayle (2nd wicket) v Zimbabwe (2015)	372	Sourav Ganguly & Rahul Dravid (2nd wicket) v Sri Lanka (1999)	318	[37]

Chris Gayle

West Indies great batsman Chris Gayle put on an astonishing power-hitting display in the 15th World Cup game, hammering a record-breaking 215 runs off 147 balls with a strike rate of 146.26, including 16 sixes and 10 fours. This performance enabled West Indies to beat Zimbabwe with a record-breaking total of 372.

AB de Villiers and the West Indies (2015)

Thanks to AB de Villiers, who got the fastest 150 in ODI cricket, South Africa scored 408 runs. After losing to India by 130 runs, the South African cricket team was clearly trying to rebound as they prepared to play the upbeat West Indies team on Friday. The opening innings were definitely the most entertaining, despite the Proteas being expected to start off brightly.

Nathan Astle

Without losing his easygoing confidence, Nathan Astle, a free-spirited cricket player, evolved into a formidable all-rounder at the Test and one-day levels. Despite being the most thrifty of the medium-paced bowlers and a no-account batter when he first arrived at Canterbury, his batting quickly improved. Before being turned by national coach Glenn Turner into a top-tier Test top-order batsman who struck back-to-back hundreds in the West Indies in 1995 and 1996, Astle began his career as a productive one-day player. He shattered records with his 222 against England in Christchurch in 2001–02, the quickest double century in Test history. 

Chris Gayle

Gayle, a powerful left-hander from Jamaica, was given a black mark in 2000 when on his first senior tour of England because the younger players were allegedly disrespectful of the veterans. Even yet, Gayle has profited from having little regard for the opposition’s bowlers. This large, scary hitter who loves to slice over the covers off either foot has the ability to absolutely obliterate the statistics of even the most frugal opening bowlers.

Eoin Morgan v Afghanistan (2019)

Eoin Morgan, the captain of England, smashed the record for the most sixes in an ODI inning during their World Cup match on Tuesday against Afghanistan. Morgan was able to hit up to 17 sixes. Morgan was in commanding form as he batted 148 off 71 balls, blasting 17 sixes and four boundaries.

Sachin Tendulkar

The greatest cricket legend of all time and the most successful run-scorer in the sport was Sachin Tendulkar. He was also the most complete hitter of his day. He used the most fundamental hitting techniques, including as excellent balance, economy of movement, accuracy in stroke creation, and anticipation—a special trait that only great batters possess. He didn’t have a signature technique because he was skilled in so many and could use them anytime he chose, though the upright, back-foot punch is close. 

Martin Guptill v West Indies (2015)

In the fourth World Cup quarterfinal game, Martin Guptill’s record-breaking double-century enabled New Zealand overcome West Indies by 143 runs and advance to the semifinals. Maritn Guptill became the second World Cup batsman to achieve a double century after Chris Gayle. Martin Guptill has now passed Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma, who has amassed two such scores, and Chris Gayle as the only other players to have accomplished a double-hundred in ODI history.

Martin Guptill v West Indies (2015

Martin Guptill created history as he became the first New Zealand player to reach a double century in ODIs. In an ODI inning, only Rohit Sharma’s 264 was higher than his final 237*. Guptill became just the second player to score a World Cup double tonnes when he did so against West Indies in the fourth World Cup 2015 quarterfinal on Saturday. Chris Gayle had earlier in the season struck 215 against Zimbabwe. The right-hander became the fifth player in this format to reach 200 points (It was the sixth occasion Rohit Sharma had achieved the feat twice).

Marlon Samuels and Chris Gayle

(2nd wicket) v Zimbabwe (2015)

Using the Duckworth-Lewis technique, the West Indies defeated Zimbabwe by 73 runs in Canberra as Chris Gayle scored the first double-century in Cricket World Cup history. Gayle and Marlon Samuels, who combined for 372 runs off 147 balls and 215 runs from Gayle, broke the most partnership in one-day international history. After winning the toss and deciding to bat at the Manuka Oval, West Indies scored 372-2 runs in their 50 overs. The Zimmies’ reply saw them get out for 289 in 44.3 overs after the objective was amended to 363 in 48 overs following a brief downpour.