• Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to score 20 ODI centuries, during the India-South Africa World Cup match, in his home country.
• South African speedster Dale Steyn's 5-50 against India in Nagpur was his first five-wicket haul in one-day internationals.
• Indian score of 87/0 against South Africa is the highest in the mandatory powerplay of 2011 World Cup so far.
• Virender Sehwag has started his five World Cup innings so far by slamming boundaries off the very first ball he faced in each innings.
• The 82-run stand between Imrul Kayes and Shakib Al Hasan is the highest for Bangladesh for any wicket against England at the World Cup.
• Jonathan Trott is the first batsman to hit four fifties at the 2011 edition of the World Cup.
• The opening stand of 282 by Dilshan and Tharanga is the best opening partnership in the World Cups. It is also the second best for any wicket in the World Cups and fourth highest overall in the ODIs.
• SL openers Dilshan and Tharanga both scored centuries in their match against Zimbabwe. This is first such instance where both the openers have scored centuries in an innings in a WC match.
• Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to score 2,000 World Cup runs, reaching the mark by hitting three consecutive fours against the Netherlands at Ferozeshah Kotla stadium.
• Pakistan's Abdul Razzaq became the fourth cricketer to score 5000 runs and take 250 or more wickets in ODI matches.
• Ross Taylor's unbeaten 131 off 124 balls at Pallekele International Stadium is New Zealand's highest individual score against Pakistan in their World Cup matches so far.
• Canada's five wickets victory over Kenya in a group A match, was their only second win ever in the World Cup.
• Yuvraj Singh is the first player in World Cup history to take 5 wickets and hit a half-century in the same match.
• Ireland's George Dockrell, who claimed Sachin Tendulkar's wicket at Bangalore, wasn't even born when the batting maestro began his career.
• Yuvraj Singh is the first left-arm spinner to get a five-wicket haul in World Cup history.