Mitchell Starc broke Malinga's record, became the fastest bowler to take 50 wickets in the World Cup.

 

Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc made a special record in his name in the ODI World Cup 2023 match against India on Sunday (8 October). Starc dismissed Ishan Kishan in the very first over of the innings. Kishan, who was making his World Cup debut, played a bad shot on the ball going outside and gave an easy catch to Cameron Green in the slips. 

By dismissing Kishan, Starc has made the record of taking the fastest 50 wickets in the ODI World Cup. Starc has achieved this feat in the 19th innings. In this case, he broke the record of Lasith Malinga, who had taken 50 wickets in 25 innings in the World Cup. 

Starc is the fifth bowler in the history of this tournament to have taken 50 or more wickets. 

Fastest 50 wickets in ODI World Cup (by innings)

19* : Mitchell Starc

25: Lasith Malinga

30: Glenn McGrath

30: Muttiah Muralitharan

33: Wasim Akram

Apart from this, Starc has also completed 50 wickets in terms of balls in the World Cup. Starc reached this figure in just 941 balls. Malinga had bowled 1187 balls to complete 50 wickets in this tournament. 

50 wickets taken in fewest balls in ODI World Cup

941 - Mitchell Starc*

1187 - Lasith Malinga

1540 - Glenn McGrath

1562 - M Muraleedharan

1748 - Wasim Akram

In this match against India, Starc also played an important role with the bat and took Australia to a respectable score by playing an important inning of 28 runs.

Let us tell you that Starc's record in ODI World Cup history has been excellent. Starc took 27 wickets in the 2019 World Cup played in England. Which is the most wickets taken by any bowler in a single edition of the ODI World Cup. He took 22 wickets in the 2015 World Cup and played an important role in making Australia the champion.