About Martin Guptill
Martin James Guptill is a New Zealand cricketer who played for New Zealand as an opening batsman in all formats of the game. Guptill is the first cricketer from New Zealand and the fifth overall to have scored a double century in a One Day International match and holds the current record for the highest individual score in a Cricket World Cup match and the second highest score in One Day Internationals of 237 not out. In March 2021, Guptill played in his 100th Twenty20 International match. He was part of the New Zealand squads to finish as runners-up in two Cricket World Cup finals in 2015 and 2019. Guptill first represented New Zealand in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup held in Sri Lanka in 2006. He made his first-class cricket debut in March 2006, scoring a four-ball duck in his first innings, and 99 in his second. In December 2024, he became the first player to score fifty in Nepal Premier League. He made his Test cricket debut against India in the first Test at Hamilton in March 2009, scoring 14 and 48.
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