World Cup 2019: Five tournament records that are likely to be broken

#3 Fastest century

Kevin O'Brien scored the fastest 100 in World Cup history against England in 2011

Notably, the fastest century in World Cup history came from a player whose team won't even be featuring in this World Cup. Nevertheless, it makes all the more sense when you realize that the player's individual brilliance a much more significant factor in this case as compared to the team's competence.

As stated earlier, it was Kevin O'Brien from Ireland who waltzed to the fastest century off 50 balls in World Cup history. In the current tournament, there are batsmen aplenty who possess the capability to manage such blistering knocks that can better O'Brien's record.

As a matter of fact, England's Jos Buttler scored a century off 50 balls against Pakistan only days before the start of World Cup in Nottingham. Glenn Maxwell is also just behind having scored 100 off 51 against Sri Lanka in 2015 World Cup. And clearly, there are epitomes of power hitting in the form of Chris Gayle and Andre Russell.