ICC ODI World Cup 2023: Team India’s Rohit Sharma defeated Lara and Virat Kohli defeated 4 players. The Indian team continues to shine in the World Cup 2023.
Indian Team Managed To Win:-
Team India played its fourth match of the tournament against Bangladesh on Thursday. Even in this exciting match, the Indian team was successful in winning.
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Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten century during the match. Young batsman Shubman Gill managed to score a half-century. Apart from these two batsmen, Captain Rohit Sharma contributed 48 runs.
Rohit Sharma certainly failed to complete his half-century during the match, but he achieved a special achievement.
Lara Played A Total Of Five World Cups During His Career:-
He has left behind former West Indies captain Brian Lara in terms of scoring most runs in the World Cup. Lara played a total of five World Cups during his career. At that time 1225 runs were scored from his bat.
After scoring 48 runs against Bangladesh, Sharma now has 1243 runs in his name in the World Cup. He has achieved this figure in 21 innings. Rohit Sharma has seven centuries and four half-centuries in his name in the World Cup. His best batting performance here is 140 runs.
Not only Rohit Sharma but Virat Kohli also had a great performance in yesterday’s match. He played a century inning of 103 runs for the blue team.
Kohli Left Four Players Behind:–
Along with this, in terms of scoring the most runs in the World Cup, he has joined former West Indies explosive batsman Chris Gayle (1186 Runs), current Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan (1201 Runs), former South African batsman AB de Villiers (1207 Runs), former West Indies captain Brian Lara (1225 Runs) and current Indian captain Rohit Sharma (1289 Runs) have been left behind. After yesterday’s match in the World Cup, Kohli has 1289 runs in 30 innings.
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Top Five Batsmen Who Scored Most Runs in The World Cup:–
- Sachin Tendulkar – 2278 runs
- Ricky Ponting – 1743
- Kumar Sangakkara – 1532
- Virat Kohli – 1289
- Rohit Sharma – 1243