Most Runs in ICC World Cup by Player: Top Scorers and Records

In the cricket world, the T20 ICC World Cup is one of the biggest and thrilling tournaments where players from worldwide compete with different countries. Therefore, the most interesting part of the match is who scored the most runs?

Well, the players who scored the most runs are the stars of their team respectively. Hence, the World Cup top run scorer tag is a big achievement, and it highlights a player’s potential, expertise and consistency in the game. Let’s look at some of the players who have made history by scoring the most runs in the ICC World Cup.

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Top 10 Players with the Most Runs in T20 World Cup 2024

You all must be excited to know the top players who scored the most runs in this thrilling tournament. Well, without further ado, let’s quickly discuss the top run scorer. Rahmanullah Gurbaz has a total of 281 runs, second in the list is Rohit Sharma and he scored 257 runs. Besides, an Australian player Travis head made 255 runs. Hence, there are many more amazing players in the list who scored most runs. Those players are mentioned below in the table-

Player	Mat	Inn	NO	50	100	SR	Runs	Ave	BF
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	8	8	0	3	0	124.33	281	35.12	226
RG Sharma	8*	8	1	3	0	156.7	257	36.71	164
TM Head	7	7	1	2	0	158.38	255	42.5	161
Q de Kock	9*	9	0	2	0	140.46	243	27.00	173
Ibrahim Zadran	8	8	0	2	0	107.44	231	28.87	215
N Pooran	7	7	1	1	0	146.15	228	38.00	156
AGS Gous	6	6	1	2	0	151.03	219	43.80	145
JC Buttler	8	7	2	1	0	158.51	214	42.80	135
SA Yadav	8*	8	1	2	0	135.37	199	28.42	147
H Klaasen	9*	8	2	1	0	126.66	190	31.66	150

Just like these players who carved their name as the most run scorer of T20 WC 2024, there are several players from different countries who made a record of scoring most runs in the T20 World cup history.

Players with the Most Runs in T20 WC History

The table demonstrates the data of batsmen for different T20 World Cups from the year 2007 to 2022. As we can see Matthew Hayden from Australian cricket team broke the record in 2007 by scoring 265 and has a strike rate of 144. 80 across six matches. In 2009, Sri Lankan Tillakaratne Dilshan made 317 runs and again with the similar strike rate of 144. 74.

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Besides, Mahela Jayawardene fared very well in the series with 302 runs, which also contained a century and with a strike rate of 159. 78. When it comes to Batting, Shane Watson was the leading player for the Australian team 2012 with 249 total runs, and a strike rate of 150. 00. Virat Kohli of India emerged as the highest scorer in 2014 as well as 2022 with the scores of 319 and 296, respectively.

Specifically, his strike rate in the year 2022 was 136. 40. There was other fabulous performance in One day international also, where Tamim Iqbal from Bangladesh and Babar Azam from Pakistan scored 295 & 303 runs in 2016 & 2021 respectively.

Hence each player showed a great performance, which increased their team’s performance in the T20 World Cup.

Year	Player	Team	100s	50s	Runs	HS	Strike Rate	Mat
2007	Matthew Hayden	Australia	0	4	265	73*	144.80	6
2009	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	0	3	317	96*	144.74	7
2010	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	1	2	302	100	159.78	6
2012	Shane Watson	Australia	0	3	249	72	150	6
2014	Virat Kohli	India	0	4	319	77	129.14	6
2016	Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh	1	1	295	103*	142.51	6
2021	Babar Azam	Pakistan	0	4	303	70	126.25	6
2022	Virat Kohli	India	0	4	296	82*	136.40	6

Conclusion

The most runs scored in ICC World Cup cricket emphasizes how the cricketer demonstrated so much talent and durability in being a top-notch player for a long time with these tournaments. Such achievement highlights the player’s valuable input to a team’s performance at the international level.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1.Who scored the most runs in ICC T20 World Cup 2024?

Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored the most runs, his total runs were 281.

2. How many runs did Virat Kohli scored in 2022 ICC T20 World Cup?

Virat Kohli made 296 runs in the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup.

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