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SA vs SL: South Africa batter Aiden Markram hit the fastest World Cup hundred in his side's first match of the World Cup 2023 against Sri Lanka at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Saturday.

The right-hand batter broke the record of Ireland's Kevin O'Brien. The former cricketer had hit a 50-ball hundred against England in the 2011 World Cup. Markram achieved the massive feat with six on the fifth ball of the 46th over.

Overall, the Aiden Markram hundred was the third in the South African innings in Match 5 of the World Cup 2023. Opener Quinton de Kock scored 100 off 84 balls, while South Africa number three Rassie Van Der Dussen scored 108 runs off 100 balls in the match.

It's the only fourth instance of three players from a team hitting a hundred in a single innings. Overall, the 49-ball hundred from Aiden Markram is the third fastest by a South Africa batter. AB de Villiers hit a 31-ball hundred against West Indies in 2015. Mark Boucher reached the three-figure mark in 44 balls against Zimbabwe in 2006.

The innings from the 29-year-old, who is the captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in IPL, consisted of 14 fours and three sixes. He got out for 106 off 54 balls. Let's have a look at the fastest hundreds in the ODI World Cup.

Fastest Hundreds in World Cup

• Aiden Markram: 49 balls vs Sri Lanka in Delhi on October 7, 2023
• Kevin O'Brien: 50 balls vs England in Bengaluru on March 2, 2011
• Glenn Maxwell: 51 balls vs Sri Lanka in Sydney on March 8, 2015
• AB de Villiers: 52 balls vs West Indies in Sydney on February 27, 2015
• Eoin Morgan: 57 balls vs Afghanistan in Manchester on June 18, 2019
• Matthew Hayden: 66 balls vs South Africa in Basseterre on March 24, 2007
• John Davison: 67 vs West Indies in Centurion on February 23, 2003
• Kumar Sangakkara: 70 vs England in Wellington on March 1, 2015
• Paul Stirling: 70 balls vs Netherlands in Kolkata on March 18, 2011

South Africa finished their innings at 428/5 - the highest-ever total in the history of World Cup. David Miller, who walked in to bat at six, remained unbeaten on 39 off 21.