The top 5 Indian batsmen along spent more than 42 hours at the crease during the 2023 World Cup. The most unpaid batsman in the tournament, Virat Kohli, led this duration with an unbelievable 14 hours of batting.
Kohli made an impressive 543 runs in the eight matches he played, including two hundreds and a remarkable strike rate of 108.60. In addition to leading the team in runs scored, he finished second in the World Cup in terms of all runs scored.
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Captain Rohit Sharma batted for an hour and 23 minutes after Kohli, amassing 442 runs at an incredible strike rate of 122.77. KL Rahul, the opening batsman, spent seven hours and twenty minutes on the field, making two centuries and 245 runs, to claim third place. Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer finished fourth and fifth, respectively, with Gill scoring 219 runs in five hours and fifty-two minutes over six matches and Iyer scoring 293 runs in six hours and 29 minutes.
Through the first eight matches, Team India maintained their outstanding performance, earning 16 points and the top spot in the points table for qualification.
Notably, in the World Cup 2023 match against South Africa on November 5, Virat Kohli done a noteworthy milestone by matching Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 centuries. Kohli is now surpassing Tendulkar’s fabled record of 49 centuries in cricket.