Following their stellar knocks in India’s six-wicket win over Australia, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul have propelled themselves into the top 10 of the leading run scorers of the ICC World Cup 2023 edition. Among the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs, there are two Indian batters in the top ten while New Zealand duo Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra sit pretty at the top.
Conway scored a magnificent knock of 152 runs while Rachin Ravindra scored 123 as the duo helped the Kiwis beat the defending champions by nine wickets in the opening game of the ICC World Cup 2023.
Kane Williamson’s men not only took revenge for the defeat in the 2019 final, but they started the World Cup in India with a massive statement of intent.
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Conway thus is leading the list of the highest run scorers for the World Cup 2023 in India, while his compatriot Rachin is second.
South African trio of Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram and Quinton de Kock are the next three batsmen in the list having smashed centuries in the Proteas’ 109-run win over Sri Lanka.
The troika punished the Sri Lanka bowlers on Saturday, treating the crowd in New Delhi to the highest total in the history of the ODI World Cup, scoring 428/5.
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Rassie hit 108 runs and is thus third on the most run-getters list, followed by Markram who smashed 106 while Quinton is next at 100.
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KL Rahul is in sixth place, the Indian wicketkeeper batter narrowly missed his century but returned unbeaten at 97 during India’s win over Australia. Kohli smashed 85 runs and is seventh in the list.
Sri Lanka’s Charith Asalanka is ranked eighth currently after scoring 79 runs in the game against South Africa, Joe Root is ninth with 77 runs under his belt, whereas Kusal Mendis rounds off the top ten with 76 runs in the run-fest at Arun Jaitley Stadium.
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