Enigmatic Kiwi's ODI Opening batsmen - Martin Guptill
Flamboyant Kiwi opener Martin Guptill has participated in 2(2011,2015)World Cup tournaments so far in his career. He is currently considered as one of the best ODI openers in the world along with the likes of Rohit Sharma, Hashim Amla, Shikhar Dhawan, and David Warner. Guptill scored his career-best score of 237* in the quarter-final match of the 2015 World Cup against the West Indies team. This is also the highest individual score for any player in World Cup history.
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Martin Guptill has the best batting average in World Cup matches among all the current international players. Guptill, along with Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson, is expected to anchor the inexperienced Kiwis batting line-up during the upcoming tournament.
He has played 17 World cup matches and scored 809 runs at an impressive average of 57.78, including 2 centuries and 3 half-centuries. He scored his World cup runs at a strike rate of 89.39
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Balakrishna has been a cricket writer at Sportskeeda for almost seven years. A sport that he has been following and playing since he was eight, Balakrishna enjoys the intensity of the sport, skills and strategies applied to get a result out of nowhere, and the thrill that it gives. He also played as a medium pace bowling all-rounder in four inter-college tournaments, winning twice.
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