Top 3 Left-Handed Cricketers’ Record-Breaking Innings

1. Adam Gilchrist notches up the highest individual score in a World Cup final (149)

The best batsman of his era, Adam Gilchrist led Australia to numerous victories thanks to his outstanding batting and wicketkeeping skills. Similar to the 2003 World Cup, Australia continued to play aggressive cricket throughout the 2007 ODI World Cup, replicating their incredible run from that tournament. By going unbeaten the entire tournament, Australia advanced to the final.

From Australia’s perspective, the competition was going flawlessly until Gilchrist’s performance. Intriguingly, skipper Ricky Ponting maintained his confidence in the wicketkeeper batter and chose to put him in Australia’s starting XI for the championship match at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.

Gilchrist, who was playing in the top match, pounded the Sri Lankan bowlers hard and scored a superb 149 runs with his bat. The veteran’s outstanding effort helped the Australians, who were playing in a rain-shortened match, score 281 runs in just 38 overs. Australia beat Sri Lanka by 53 runs using the DLS (Duckworth-Lewis) technique as a result, winning the world championship for a record fourth time. The Player of the Match honor went to Gilchrist for his batting performance. The greatest individual score in the history of the ODI World Cup finals is currently Adam Gilchrist’s performance against Sri Lanka.