The 12th edition of the ICC World Cup is less than a month away. The gala tournament will be hosted by England and Wales. It will be the fifth time when the World Cup will be held in the birth city of cricket. The tournament will start from 30th May, when hosts England will take on South Africa at the Ovals.
All the ten teams of the tournament have announced their squads for the upcoming big event. And each team comprises best players, some even being ranked in the top ten. There are players who will be playing their first World Cup while there are experienced players like Chris Gayle who will be playing their fifth and probably swansong tournament.
Playing in the World Cup is one of the biggest opportunity for any player. Each wants to thrive in the tournament, and want to bring their best. The platform has witnessed ordinary batsman turning to best and the best becoming the legends. Here is the list of five such top scorers of the World Cup history.
Top Five Run-Getters In The World Cup History:
Sachin Tendulkar(India):
The ‘God’ of cricket leads the list of the highest run-scorer in the World Cup. There is not a single score-chart that doesn’t consist his name resting at the top in the list. With an average of 56.95 and a strike rate of 88.98, the World Cup veteran had made 2278 runs in a total of 44 matches.
Tendulkar holds an array of individual records in the World Cup. His phenomenon knock of 152 against Namibia in the 2003 World Cup has been his best in the World cup. Whereas no one in the cricket world has been able to surpass his six centuries and 15 half-centuries in the World Cup.
After playing in six World Cups, the Master Blaster was able to lift the most coveted trophy in his last World Cup of 2011. It was one epic ceremonial tournament.