Aiden Markram: South Africa's star batsman and captain Aiden Markram is one of the best batsmen in the world. He has the power to change the course of the match by staying at the crease. He has played many such matches in his career in which he has won the match on his own. Today we are going to talk about one such innings of Aiden Markram in which he won the match for Africa with his century.
Aiden Markram played an innings of 175 runs
South Africa cricket team captain Aiden Markram's bat has wreaked havoc on the opposition bowlers in many innings in his cricket career. Something similar happened in the ODI match against the Netherlands in the year 2023. He played a brilliant innings of 175 runs in 126 balls in this match. Markram's bat made a lot of noise in that match. Markram scored 175 runs with the help of 17 fours and 7 sixes.
What was the state of the match
Let us tell you that in this match held on South African soil in the year 2023, the Netherlands won the toss and decided to bowl. Batting first, the African team scored 370 runs on the scoreboard thanks to Markram's century. In response, the Netherlands team, which came on the field, collapsed in front of the African bowlers in just 39.1 overs. The Netherlands were all out for just 224 runs and Africa won the match by 146 runs.
Aiden Markram's cricket career
South Africa's star player and batsman Aiden Markram's cricket career has been quite brilliant. Markram has played 41 Test matches in his cricket career in which he has scored 2569 runs at an impressive average of 35.19. Talking about ODI cricket, Markram has played 71 matches in which he has scored 2213 runs at an average of 36.88. After this, if we talk about T20, Markram has scored 1367 runs in 57 matches at an average of 30.37.