Who will score a double century at this year's World Cup?

[nextover666666]

As the title states who do you guys think will be able to make a double century this time around. As we saw in the previous World Cup in 2015

Their have only been 2 players to score a double century Chris Gayle and Martin Guptill

Considering that the World Cup is England I think it's possible we might see 1 or 2 players hit a double century

My prediction would be Aaron finch and Shikhar Dhawan

 

[Ab Fan]

Babar Azam IMO.

 

[gazza619]

Obviously Rohit Sharma!!!

 

[todfod 11]

Alex hales can do it also kohli should do it as well..

 

[nads_rocks]

Rohit Sharma is the obvious one and in the form Chris Gayle is in him too. V Kohli is very much capable of hitting a double ton. Can't see any others.

 

[Maher96]

Possibly quite few 200 could be seen depending on pitches and Conditons of course, some players I think that could manage doube tons would be Gayle, Indian top 3, Butler may be de koc, no hope for our players to get much tbh.

 

[waleed88]

Has to be Rohit Sharma

 

[nextover666666]

My brother things Fakhar Zaman will do it I laughed at the thought I mean I would be electric if that's the case but I feel the higest score a pak batsman would get at the World Cup is 115-120 runs at most nothing more than that


I see a lot of ppl chose rohit Sharma which is an obvious choice but I feel he won't have a great World Cup , I think for India Dhawan will do well like he useually does in ICC tourneys

 

[The Viper]

200 is really tough. But I would back Rohit or Roy if he is in in top touch.

 

[CricFan2012]

Jonny Bairstow

 

[CadPakFan]

Mohammad Shahzad against WI.

 

[aloo paratha]

Hopefully nobody.

 

[HappyWarsFan]

Fakhar Zaman

 

[Sher Khan]

Unlucky that we have don't have teams like Zimbabwe or UAE at this wc as I think Imam could have scored a 200 against them.

 

[ahmadharis1]

Rohit Sharma, Alex Hales, and maybe Jason Roy are the only likely candidates. Buttler could manage it if he came in at 3 and was given free reign but that's unlikely

 

[jnaveen1980]

Jason Roy, Finch. Rohit sharma is in a terrible slump. He struggles to score 30s and 40s.

 

[Angrez Pakistani]

Qdk

 

[trickyone]

Shan Masood

 

[jaf348]

There have been 8 double centuries in ODI cricket, all of them by opening batsmen so it is unlikely that Babar Azam or Kohli will be joining that club.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Rohit sharma vs srl.

 

[NoBallZombie]

Imam ul Haq !

Mark my words.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Rohit can if he reaches his zone.

Beyond that, I doubt anyone has the temperament or the time to score a double century.

 

[NoBallZombie]

In all honesty, it can either be one of the English batsmen (Alex Hales most likely) or a rampaging Gayle who can do it. For all people hyping up Rohit, out of 16 innings in England, he has scored 2 centuries (and one of them was against Bangladesh). In only one innings, he has gone at a SR of more than a run a ball. The toughest time to bat would be the start of the innings when the ball is new and swinging.

 

[Sarfarazian92]

Bairstow

 

[light]

Bairstow, Buttler, Gayle, Sharma all have a good chance of doing it if stars alligns. My money is on one of the English players. Gayle was in an excellent form aswell vs Eng not to long ago. Won't be surprised if he pulls another one off. We all know Sharma is 100% capable of doing it. Did it couple of times already.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Nobody.

As flat as some of those pitches are, there will not be any minnow to bash this time and big hundreds against top teams are very rare in world cups.

 

[BaankeJi]

Chris Gayle. Only one to have chance.

 

[Mueez]

Chris Gayle and Fakhar Zaman.

 

[Majid Khan]

Bearing in mind that every team will play each other means the minnows have a lot of games to play in this World Cup, making it very likely that some maniac attacking batsman will go berserk on a flat wicket on an English summer day and score big.

I say minnows but also beware if Usman Shinwari is bowling as he can bowl the kind of lollipops that can provoke even a sane batsman into becoming a maniac , believing they can smack everything out of the park.

 

[Smbhayi]

Rohit Sharma has higher chance..

 

[IAJ]

Hoping for a pakistani player.

But I think Kohli has a big chance.

 

[nextover666666]

Imam ul Haq !

Mark my words.

If that happenes he will be selected for ever and will never be dropped .....ever lol

 

[Red Devil]

Have a feeling Galye will play at least one crazy knock at the World Cup.

 

[Hasan123]

Jason Roy.

 

[Mp812]

There have been 8 double centuries in ODI cricket, all of them by opening batsmen so it is unlikely that Babar Azam or Kohli will be joining that club.

Unless first wicket is down in first over

 

[msb314]

Nobody.

As flat as some of those pitches are, there will not be any minnow to bash this time and big hundreds against top teams are very rare in world cups.

Guptill smashed 237 against WI in the QF’s of the 2015 WC - so it is not beyond the realms of possibility.

 

[Afhan Ali]

Warner, Indian top 3, Guptill, Gayle, Roy

 

[szundercover]

It will most probably be an opener but i have an feeling it will be jason roy,he is a beast player especially in his home conditions

 

[The_Odd_One]

Hales, Roy, or De Kock

 

[Bhaijaan]

Guptill smashed 237 against WI in the QF’s of the 2015 WC - so it is not beyond the realms of possibility.

WI are borderline minnow with the ball on most occasions.

 

[nextover666666]

With World Cup fast approaching does anyone else have any other predictions who might hit 200 runs this time around

 

[gazza619]

Rohit Sharma of course

 

[Ronaldo7]

Bairstow or Roy.

 

[Amirforpresident]

Evan Lewis

 

[Mean&Green]

Guptill again anyone who says Sharma is delusional he only scored those double tons in India and that even after getting dropped many times

 

[Mean&Green]

WI are borderline minnow with the ball on most occasions.

Records are made against Minnows, you think rabada and co would let Sharma score a double ton he wouldn’t even be able to move his feet against rabada

 

[Abdullah]

Guptill Bairstow

 

[giri26]

Guptill again anyone who says Sharma is delusional he only scored those double tons in India and that even after getting dropped many times

Sharma has couple of 170+ scores in Australia. He can score big tons overseas as well.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Warner, Indian top 3, Guptill, Gayle, Roy

Dhawan is not capable. He is more a 125 guy. Kohli or Rohit. If Rohit stays till 40th over 250 is on. After all he is the joint fastest 100 scorer in T20.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Sharma has couple of 170+ scores in Australia. He can score big tons overseas as well.

Sharma has the highest number of 150s in the history of ODI cricket.

 

[giri26]

Sharma has the highest number of 150s in the history of ODI cricket.

Yup, just highlighting his couple of his big ones outside subcontinent.

 

[trickyone]

Fakhar
Imam
Babar

 

[ali2220]

It will be Imam ul Haq, but even after that he will still have his critics in Pak.He will never be a poster boy in Pak.

 

[Mean&Green]

Sharma has the highest number of 150s in the history of ODI cricket.

Obviously that’s why he’s the worlds second best batsman but I just don’t think he can get a double ton overseas and especially in this World Cup he might get 120-140 max

 

[jnaveen1980]

Obviously that’s why he’s the worlds second best batsman but I just don’t think he can get a double ton overseas and especially in this World Cup he might get 120-140 max

His highest overseas score 171 came at Perth vs Australia , Those are bigger grounds. Last year India chased down 268 in 40 overs. Rohit 137 not out. Rohit's real acceleration starts in the end overs. Only reason he may not get there is because there is a slight dip in form. But he is very much capable of matching shot for shot against any hitter. In the T20 against Srilanka he made 10 runs in 8 balls. In the next 27 balls he made 91 runs. Don't think guys like Kohli, Dhawan can go nuts like him.

 

[Bigbb]

Rohit Sharma !

If he gets to that zone where he has just completed his hundred and set , then god save the bowlers. No-one in the world can go berserk like him, not even Buttler or Maxwell.

 

[Mean&Green]

His highest overseas score 171 came at Perth vs Australia , Those are bigger grounds. Last year India chased down 268 in 40 overs. Rohit 137 not out. Rohit's real acceleration starts in the end overs. Only reason he may not get there is because there is a slight dip in form. But he is very much capable of matching shot for shot against any hitter. In the T20 against Srilanka he made 10 runs in 8 balls. In the next 27 balls he made 91 runs. Don't think guys like Kohli, Dhawan can go nuts like him.

Holyyy damn nuts 91 off 27 what match was that jeez I gotta watch that and yeah kohli can’t go nuts like him kohli doesn’t even have that pull shot, Sharma is undoubtedly the best pull shot player in world cricket now that’s where he hits lots of sixes which makes the difference between him scoring that many double tons and kohli only having like 2 or 3 high scores of 150+ I believe. Dhawan is a lazy guy tbh he will get 100-120 but than he just gets bored and gets out and kohli doesn’t have the shots or enough time to get to 200 like Sharma you also have to have the opener mentality which kohli also doesn’t have.

 

[Mean&Green]

also [MENTION=140806]jnaveen1980[/MENTION] kohli is the most conventional player world cricket has ever seen. I’ve never seen the guy ever hit a sweep shot in my life I am still waiting till this day for my eyes to see that sweep shot from kohlis bats. Sharma plays the sweep really well honestly there is a lot kohli can learn from Sharma and make his game even more frightening for the opposition.

 

[Sidilicious]

also [MENTION=140806]jnaveen1980[/MENTION] kohli is the most conventional player world cricket has ever seen. I’ve never seen the guy ever hit a sweep shot in my life I am still waiting till this day for my eyes to see that sweep shot from kohlis bats. Sharma plays the sweep really well honestly there is a lot kohli can learn from Sharma and make his game even more frightening for the opposition.

I actually prefer a traditional game to Sharma's. There is a reason why the guys who bat very with a traditional technique generally average more. You would rarely see great batsmen play reverse sweep etc.

BTW, the sweep shot is a traditional shot. Its an excellent way to get on top of the ball if you are not using your feet. The only problem is modern day batsmen do not use their feet to come out of the crease as regularly as the past spin greats would.

 

[prakash]

Holyyy damn nuts 91 off 27 what match was that jeez I gotta watch that

http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/...dia-vs-sri-lanka-2nd-t20i-sl-in-india-2017-18

 

[pratiktc]

Likely it will come against the weakest bowling team Sri Lanka on a small ground.
Fakhar zaman at Bristol will have a good chance
Rohit Sharma at Headingley also
Any of Eng's top 3 at Headingley

 

[saeedhk]

Any opener who can hit sixes with ease: Sharma, Warner, Roy.

 

[Mean&Green]

I actually prefer a traditional game to Sharma's. There is a reason why the guys who bat very with a traditional technique generally average more. You would rarely see great batsmen play reverse sweep etc.

BTW, the sweep shot is a traditional shot. Its an excellent way to get on top of the ball if you are not using your feet. The only problem is modern day batsmen do not use their feet to come out of the crease as regularly as the past spin greats would.

It might be a traditional shot but honestly the it’s more loss than gain that is the reason kohli never plays it as soon you miss it you’re plumb in front and that’s it. Since he has so many shots and always keeps the opposition under pressure he never needs to play that shot but at times players like Sharma do get bogged down and have to play that shot it’s honestly high risk low reward it’s totally not worth it IMO

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Rohit vs srilanka or windies.

 

[aukhan]

If Wahab bowls his full quota of 10 overs against England, India or New Zealand, i can see him scoring a double century.

 

[CricketDon]

Their will be only one double hundred. That will be from Rohit Sharma.

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

Jason Roy can do it and maybe Martin guptill can too.

 

[Rana]

Sharma can go for 300

 

[Rana]

The 300 is on!

Any opener who can bat 50 overs, play 150 deliveries @200 can do it

 

[Hyperion66]

It might be a traditional shot but honestly the it’s more loss than gain that is the reason kohli never plays it as soon you miss it you’re plumb in front and that’s it. Since he has so many shots and always keeps the opposition under pressure he never needs to play that shot but at times players like Sharma do get bogged down and have to play that shot it’s honestly high risk low reward it’s totally not worth it IMO

Are you kidding me? Kohli plays sweep quite well in fact

 

[Robert]

Bairstow or Roy.

 

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

Dhawan is not capable. He is more a 125 guy.

He's scored 248 in a one-day game against South Africa 'A'. No reason why he can't do it in internationals too.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Let me put it this way, I do not see anyone from Pakistan doing so.

 

[BD-fan]

I think several are capable of doing this:
Warner
Rohit
Bairstow
Guptil
Virat may be.
Butler if he has to come early and gets few lives.

One and only Gayle.

 

[Hyperion66]

I think several are capable of doing this:
Warner
Rohit
Bairstow
Guptil
Virat may be.
Butler if he has to come early and gets few lives.

One and only Gayle.

Good list, I would have added Soumya as well but he neither has the brain nor temperament to do it.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Soumya Sarkar and Liton Das

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Good list, I would have added Soumya as well but he neither has the brain nor temperament to do it.

Ashraful has trained him well

 

[ARK Rafay]

Who will score the 1st double hundred in World Cup 2019?

We've seen in the recent past the increase of double hundreds in ODIs and in last world cup few double hundreds were scored by the likes of Gayle and Guptill.

Who do you think will score the 1st double hundred this WC. Or will there be none this time?

 

[topspin]

If I was a betting man, I'd say Bairstow. He's in great touch.

 

[Jill Sandwich™]

Nobody