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Batting has almost always overshadowed the art of bowling, as far as cricket is concerned. It is not surprising to find batting records in Cricket World Cup surpass the ones made for bowling.
Travour gives you an insight into various batting records created in the World Cup. We bring to you details of century-makers, best partnerships, sixes, and highest scorers in this quadrennial event. Starting from the early history of Cricket World Cup to the ninth edition to be played in West Indies, Travour presents a gist of major milestones crossed by batsmen.
Most of the leading batsmen of the world have had their day in limelight, making and breaking batting records in Cricket World Cup.
Sachin Tendulkar of India is the batsman with maximum runs in the tournament. His total is 1796 in four World Cups. He is followed by Ricky Ponting of Australia, who has a total of 1537 runs.
Kapil Dev of India boasts of the highest strike rate (115.14) in Cricket World Cups. The highest average (63.31) is in the name of West Indian Vivian Richards.
Indians Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar, along with Australian Ricky Ponting and Mark Waugh have the maximum number of centuries (four) as far as batting records in Cricket World Cup is concerned.
Ex Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has hit the maximum sixes (23) in all World Cups. He partnered Rahul Dravid (who captained India during 2007 World Cup) for the best partnership in Cricket World Cup – 318 runs for the second wicket in a match against Sri Lanka.
Indians were the favorites to rule the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 in West Indies, as the Indian squad comprised some of the world’s best batsmen in the form of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly. But Team India could not cross the initial stages of the competition.
World Cup final was played between Australia and Sri Lanka, and Australia became champions for the fourth time.
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