The Kiwi opener scored a bucketful of runs at the 2015 World Cup in particular. With 547 runs scored at an average of 68 and a strike rate of 104, Guptill was the tournament’s leading run-scorer. During the competition, the New Zealander registered the highest-ever individual score at a World Cup. Guptill scored a stunning 237 against the West Indies at a mind-boggling strike rate of 145.
Guptill has the fastest ODI half-century by any New Zealand player, scoring a 17-ball 50 against Sri Lanka in 2015. It is just one behind AB de Villiers‘ record of the fastest-ever ODI fifty, scored off 16 balls.
Despite a lukewarm 2019 World Cup, the 33-year-old Guptill’s best days may not yet be entirely behind him. Due to his aggressive hitting, Guptill remains a vital cog in the New Zealand top-order in ODIs.
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