6 most destructive hundreds in World Cup history

1. Martin Guptill 237 (163) vs West Indies, 2015 Cricket World Cup

Martin Guptill

Martin Guptill scored a thunderous double hundred against West Indies in the fourth quarter-final of the World Cup 2015 at Wellington. This was then the sixth double century in One-day cricket and the 2nd in the World Cup history. Guptill's strikes were clean and enormous and paid West Indies for dropping him on 4. From 100 off 111, he ended with 237 off 163 and the last 52 balls fetched him 137 runs. Guptill'slso the second highest individual score in One-day cricket, only behind Rohit Sharma's 264 scored in November 2014. Guptill's double hundred, Williamson's and Taylor's contributions and the late rally by Grant Elliot lead them to a massive score of 393.

West Indies, led by Gayle, were on a roll, however, wickets falling in regular intervals dented their progress considerably. One of the highlights of West Indies batting innings was how Daniel Vettori pouched a one-handed stunner to dismiss the dangerous Marlon Samuels.

Gayle inside edged one on to the stumps off Adam Milne to bring an end to a valiant effort. In spite of wickets being crumbling, West Indies kept the runs coming at a quick pace. After a fair bit of resistance from the skipper Jason Holder, Jonathan Carter and Andre Russell New Zealand completed a crushing victory by 143 runs.

With this win, New Zealand progressed to the semi-final where they clinched a nail-biting victory against South Africa only to lose to the eventual champions Australia in the final.