ICC World Cup 2023 Most Run Scorers, Wicket Takers, Other Stats And Records

ICC World Cup 2023 table toppers India and South Africa clashed against each other at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The Rohit-Sharma-led team defeated the Proteas by 243 runs and remained unbeaten in the tournament so far.

This was South Africa's second defeat in the tournament. Quinton de Kock, the leading run scorer in the tournament could just add five more runs to his tally. He has scored 550 runs in eight innings.

de Kock has hit four centuries in the tournament so far and is level with Kumar Sangakkara who achieved the feat in the 2015 edition. So far, only three batters have scored four or more centuries in a single edition of the World Cup. Rohit Sharma scored five centuries in the 2019 World Cup.

Virat Kohli scored his 49th ODI century on his birthday against South Africa and is second on the list of highest run-getters in the World Cup 2023. Kohli has amassed 543 runs in eight innings.

New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra, who scored a century against Pakistan on Saturday is third on the list with 523 runs in 8 innings. With his knock off 108 in 94 balls, Ravindra became the first batter to have scored three hundreds in their first men's ODI World Cup.

Rohit Sharma is fourth on the list with 442 runs in eight innings while David Warner with 428 runs in seven innings is placed fifth.

In the bowling department, Adam Zampa took 3 wickets against England on Saturday and became the leading wicket-taker of the tournament. He finished with figures of 10-0-21-3.

Sri Lanka's Dilshan Madushanka took a fifer against India earlier in the week and extended his wicket tally to 18. He is second in the list of bowlers with most wickets in this World Cup.

South Africa's Marco Jansen is third with 17 wickets while Pakistan's Shaheen Afridi and India's Mohammad Shami are placed fourth and fifth respectively with 16 wickets each.

Mohammad Shami has registered the best bowling figures in World Cup 2023 with his five-wicket haul vs Sri Lanka.

Take a look at some of the Cricket World Cup 2023 stats and records:

• Quinton de Kock (South Africa) - 550 runs in 8 innings

• Virat Kohli (India) - 543 runs in 8 innings

• Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand) - 523 runs in 8 innings

• Rohit Sharma (India) - 442 runs in 8 innings

• David Warner (Australia) - 428 runs in 7 innings

• Adam Zampa (Australia) - 19 wickets

• Dilshan Madushanka (Sri Lanka) - 18 wickets

• Marco Jansen (South Africa) - 17 wickets

• Mohammad Shami (India) - 16 wickets

• Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pakistan) - 16 wickets

• Quinton de Kock (South Africa) - 174 runs vs Bangladesh

• David Warner (Australia) - 163 runs vs Pakistan

• Devon Conway (New Zealand) - 152* vs England

• Dawid Malan (England) - 140 vs Bangladesh

• Rassie van der Dussen (South Africa) - 133 vs New Zealand

• Mohammad Shami (India) - 5/18 vs Sri Lanka

• Ravindra Jadeja (India) - 5/33 vs South Africa

• Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan) - 5/54 vs Australia

• Mohammad Shami (India) - 5/54 vs New Zealand

• Mitch Santner (New Zealand) - 5/59 vs Netherlands

Here are some of the other records that have been broken in this ODI World Cup 2023:

Most sixes hit by a team in single edition of World Cup:

South Africa now holds the record for the most sixes hit by a team in one edition of a Men's Cricket World Cup, even with at least two - and as many as four - matches still to play. The Proteas smashed 15 sixes in their massive victory over New Zealand to now have 82 at the tournament from seven matches.

South Africa have already passed the previous record of 76 that England hit in 11 matches on the way to their breakthrough Cricket World Cup title in 2019.

Most team hundreds at a Cricket World Cup

With de Kock and Rassie van der Dussen both compiling centuries against New Zealand, the Proteas have equalled the record for the most hundreds (8) across a team at a Cricket World Cup.

Most 350-plus scores in a single ODI World Cup

South Africa have become the first team to score four 350-plus scores in a single Cricket World Cup, after plundering runs against Sri Lanka, England, Bangladesh and New Zealand. They have now pass the mark nine times in all Cricket World Cups, the equal-most in the tournament’s history along with Australia.

Fastest hundred in World Cup history

Australia's Glenn Maxwell broke the record for the fastest century in World Cup history. He smashed a 40-ball ton against Netherlands at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on October 25.

Most centuries in World Cup cricket

Indian captain Rohit Sharma's century against Afghanistan was his seventh in World Cup cricket, the most for any cricketer.

Highest team score in World Cup match

Earlier in the tournament, South Africa created history as they blasted the highest team score in a Men's ODI World Cup match. They scored 428/5 against Sri Lanka at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.

Most sixes in international cricket

Rohit Sharma surpassed Chris Gayle's tally of 553 sixes to become the batter with the most number of sixes in international cricket. He achieved the feat during India's match against Afghanistan. India captain has hit 571 sixes so far.

Most wickets for India in World Cups

Mohammad Shami surpassed Zaheer Khan and Javagal Srinath's tally of 44 wickets to become the highest wicket taker for India in World Cups. Shami has now picked 45 wickets in just 14 World Cup matches.