Born on September 30, 1986, Martin James Guptill is a New Zealand cricketer. He is a top-order batsman and has represented New Zealand in different age groups. He is the first cricketer from New Zealand and the 5th in the world to score a double century in a One Day International match. He currently holds the record of highest individual score in World Cup cricket and the second highest scorer in One Day Internationals of 237 runs.
At the age 13, Guptill was involved in a forklift accident and lost three toes. (This fact was revealed to the world by provincial teammate Scott Styris whilst Styris was commentating on Guptill’s ODI debut.
In domestic cricket, he plays for Auckland Aces (he plays in Auckland’s club cricket competition for Suburbs New Lynn). He made his first-class debut in March 2006, scoring a 4-ball duck in the first innings, and 99 in the second. In January 2011 it was announced that Guptill had signed for Derbyshire in England.
He made his One Day International debut for New Zealand on 10 January 2009 against the West Indies in Auckland, becoming the first New Zealander to score a century on his one-day debut. He reached the landmark with a huge six off the bowling of Chris Gayle. His score of 122 not out is the highest debut score in New Zealand ODI history, and second highest debut score ever in ODIs.
His score of 189* was surpassed in 2015 by Guptill himself when he scored 237* against the West Indies in the 2015 ICC World Cup quarter-finals on 21 March 2015 at the Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand. His total from 163 balls included 11 sixes and 24 fours and was part of a New Zealand total of 393-6, the best total in a World Cup knockout match.
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Questions of this week:
1. Who was the top scorer for India in the World Cup 2015 semifinal against Australia?
2. For which team Shrivats Goswami played in IPL-7?
3. Name the Australian cricketer who scored magnificent century in a World Cup 2015 semifinal match against India?
4. Who is the general secretary of Jammu & Kashmir Handball Association?
5. Who is Ram Chand Tickoo (Ramjoo)?
Answers of the last week:
1. Rohit Sharma 2. Sunrisers Hyderabad 3. Martin Guptill 4. Anil Gupta 5. Former International cricketer from West Bengal.
The best entry of this week was received from Anil Kumar, Krishna Nagar, Jammu.
The other entries of the week were from Sanjay Dhar, Lane No 1, H No-3, Upper Laxmi Nagar, Sawal Jammu; Pankaj Sharma, Patoli Brahmana, Jammu; Akash Choudhary, near Floor Mill, Gangyal, Jammu; Rajesh Verma, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu; Surjeet Singh, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu.
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