Today we bring to you the 5 most consistent batsmen who scored the most runs at Cricket World Cup 2015. The historical tournament was played on the fast and bowler-friendly wickets of Australia and New Zealand. The great series however saw the flurry of runs scored by many batsmen and a brisk pace.
This powered the teams to score and even chase 300 plus targets regally. The batsmen also registered 100s and 50s in a flurry and with great strike rates. Here are the 5 top batsmen who gathered the most runs at Cricket World Cup 2015 and thus powered their teams to many memorable victories.
5. Shikhar Dhawan (412 Runs)
India’s left-handed attacking opener Shikhar Dhawan was the team’s highest scorer in the 2015 ICC cricket world cup. He scored 412 runs in 8 innings with an average of 51.50 runs per innings. Dhawan’s strike rate in the series was more than 91 runs per 100 balls faced. He scored 2 centuries and 1 half-century in the tournament thus playing with consistency for his team at the top.
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Dhawan’s best knock of the 2015 ICC cricket world cup was against South Africa in Melbourne. He played a great inning of 137 runs against a powerful bowling attack of the Proteas. India registered a very challenging total of 307 runs in the match and later defeated the South African team by 130 run margin. Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma formed one of the more feared opening partnership in that series. Among the top cricketers with the most runs at Cricket World Cup 2015.
4. Brendan Taylor (433 Runs)
Zimbabwe won just 1 match in the 2015 ICC cricket world cup. However their star batsman Brendan Taylor displayed remarkable consistency in the tournament. He scored 433 runs in just 6 innings with an average of just over 72. Taylor also had a strike rate of over 72 runs per 100 balls. He made one half-century and two centuries in the tournament thus displaying great consistency.
Taylor’s best innings came against the Indian team. He scored 138 runs from just 110 balls while powering the team to a score of 287. Zimbabwe had earlier lost their top 3 wickets on just 33 runs in the match. They however failed to defend the score as chased it easily with 8 balls remaining. Among the top cricketers with the most runs at Cricket World Cup 2015.
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3. AB de Villiers (482 Runs)
He led the highly motivated South African side in the 2015 ICC cricket world cup. De Villiers scored 482 runs in the 7 innings he played during the tournament with a great average of above 96 runs. His strike rate during the series was one of the best with 144 runs from every 100 balls that the South African skipper faced. AB de Villiers was hard broken and failed to hide his emotions when the Proteas lost in the very close semi-final match against New Zealand.
His best innings came against the Wes Indies in Sydney. De Villiers scored 162 runs while remaining unbeaten in the match. He just took 66 balls to score that massive knock while hitting 17 fours and 8 sixes, with a strike rate of more than 240. His great innings powered South Africa to a great score of 408 runs and they later won the match by 257 runs. Interestingly, de Villiers holds the record of fast ODI century in the game which he scored against the West Indies in Johannesburg in 2015 making 149 runs in just 31 balls. Among the top cricketers with the most runs at Cricket World Cup 2015.
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2. Kumar Sangakkara (541 Runs)
The Sri Lankan team could not progress beyond the quart-final stage of the 2015 ICC cricket world cup. However, for their star wicketkeeper-batsman Sangakkara, the series proved fabulous with the bat. The Lankan lefty who was playing his last world cup scored 541 runs in just 7 innings. He scored 4 consecutive centuries in the tournament against Bangladesh, England, Australia, and Scotland becoming the only batsman in cricket history to do so. Sangakkara had an average of above 108 and the strike rate of more than 105 runs in the series.
His best knock of the 2015 ICC cricket world cup was against the Scotland team in Sri Lanka’s last league match. Sangakkara scored 124 runs from just 95 balls. His 195 run partnership for the 2nd wicket powered Sri Lanka to a great total of 363.
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They later won the match by 148 runs after restricting the Scotland team to just 215. In his last match, Sangakkara scored 45 runs but didn’t get much support from the other end. The Sri Lankans scored 133 runs but lost the match convincingly to the South African side. Among the top cricketers with the most runs at Cricket World Cup 2015.
1. Martin Guptill (547 Runs)
The fiery New Zealand opera was at his attacking best in the 2015 ICC cricket world cup. He scored 547 runs in the tournament to emerge as the highest runner getter among all batsmen. Guptill scored his runs at the great average of above 68 runs per innings and the strike rate of above 104 runs per 100 balls. The hard-hitting Kiwi right-hander made 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries in the tournament. He was one of the main architects to take the New Zealand team to the final.
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Guptill’s most important innings came in the quarter-final match against West Indies. He hit the Caribbean bowlers to all corners of the Wellington cricket ground to score 237 runs from just 163 balls. This was the only double-century by any batsman in the 2015 ICC cricket world cup. Guptill hit 24 boundaries and 11 sixes in that innings, with an amazing strike rate of more than 145 runs per 100 balls. He thus powered the Kiwi score to a massive 393 in the match, which they won by 143 runs. Scored the most runs at Cricket World Cup 2015.
Those were the 5 cricketers with the most runs at Cricket World Cup 2015. We hope you enjoyed reading the article and wait for your comments in the feedback section.
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