World Cup 2019: Kohli's new record, Ikram Ali Khil impresses for Afghanistan and other statistics

Virat Kohli became the latest entrant to the 20,000 ODI runs club and he did that in just 417 innings - the quickest to reach the landmark.

Virat Kohli celebrates as he leaves the pitch after the win against West Indies.

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The number of members of the 20,000-run club in international cricket. Virat Kohli became the latest entrant when he crossed the mark in his innings against the West Indies at Manchester on June 27. In doing so in 417 innings, he became the quick to reach the landmark. In fact, Kohli is the only batsman on the list to average over 50!

The 20,000-run club

No.	Batsman	For	Matches	Innings	Not-outs	Runs	Average	Hundreds	Fifties	Highest score
1	Sachin Tendulkar	India	664	782	74	34,357	48.52	100	164	248*
2	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka+	594	666	67	28,016	46.77	63	153	319
3	Ricky Ponting	Australia+	560	668	70	27,483	45.95	71	146	257
4	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka+	652	725	62	25,957	39.15	54	136	374
5	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	519	617	97	25,534	49.10	62	149	224
6	Rahul Dravid	India+	509	605	72	24,208	45.41	48	146	270
7	Brian Lara	West Indies+	430	521	38	22,358	46.28	53	111	400*
8	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka+	586	651	35	21,032	34.14	42	103	340
9	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	454	553	94	20,988	45.72	41	125	203*
10	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	499	551	76	20,580	43.32	35	129	329
11	Virat Kohli	India	378	419	62	20,127	56.37	66	94	243
12	A. B. De Villiers	South Africa+	420	484	68	20,014	48.11	47	109	278*

 

Fewest innings and matches to reach 20,000 international runs

Innings	Matches	Batsman	For	Achieved against	Venue	Achieved on	Format	Average	Hundreds	Fifties
417	376	Virat Kohli	India	West Indies	Manchester	June 27, 2019	ODI	56.43	66	93
453	372	Brian Lara	West Indies+	Pakistan	Bridgetown	May 27, 2005	Test	47.55	48	103
453	402	Sachin Tendulkar	India	West Indies	Chennai	October 18, 2002	Test	49.08	63	90
464	399	Ricky Ponting	Australia+	Pakistan	Johannesburg	September 18, 2007	T20I	49.38	56	99
483	483	A. B. De Villiers	South Africa+	Australia	Johannesburg	March 30, 2018	Test	48.21	47	109
491	491	Jacques Kallis	South Africa+	Australia	Hobart	January 18, 20009	ODI	49.17	46	120
492	492	Rahul Dravid	India+	England	Leeds	September 2, 2007	ODI	46.67	36	129

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During his 86 against the West Indies at Leeds, Afghanistan wicketkeeper Ikram Ali Khil became the third youngest batsman in World Cup history to register a 50-plus score. He also became the youngest wicketkeeper to reach this landmark not only in World Cups, but in all One-Day International cricket.

Youngest batsmen to register 50-plus scores in World Cup

Age	Batsman	For	Score	Against	Venue	Date	Result
17 years, 362 days	Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh	51	India	Port of Spain	March 17, 2007	Won
18 years, 234 days	Mohammad Ashraful	Bangladesh	56	New Zealand	Kimberley	February 26, 2003	Lost
18 years, 278 days	Ikram Alikhil	Afghanistan	86	West Indies	Leeds	July 4, 2019	Lost
18 years, 315 days	Sachin Tendulkar	India	54*	Pakistan	Sydney	March 4, 1992	Won
18 years, 356 days	Bas Zuiderent	Netherlands	54	England	Peshawar	February 22, 1996	Lost

Note: Tendulkar scored two more fifties before turning 19!

Youngest wicketkeepers to register 50-plus scores in ODIs

Age	Batsman	For	Score	Against	Venue	Date	Result
18 years, 278 days	Ikram Ali Khil	Afghanistan	86	West Indies	Leeds	July 4, 2019	Lost
19 years, 246 days	Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	57	Zimbabwe	Harare	February 10, 2007	Won
19 years, 298 days	Tatenda Taibu	Zimbabwe	53	New Zealand	Bloemfontein	March 8, 2003	Lost
20 years, 19 days	Brendan Taylor	Zimbabwe	60*	Kenya	Bulawayo	February 25, 2006	Won
20 years, 123 days	Asanka Gurusinha	Sri Lanka	52	India	Mumbai	January 17, 1987	Lost

Note: Taylor had two more fifties before the age of 20 years, 123 days, while Mushfiqur and Taibu had one more.

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Now the highest individual score by a teenager in the World Cup, by Afghanistan’s Ikram Ali Khil against the West Indies at Leeds.

Highest individual scores by teenagers in the World Cup

Score	Batsman	For	Age	Against	Venue	Date	Result
86	Ikram Ali Khil	Afghanistan	18 years, 278 days	West Indies	Leeds	July 4, 2019	Lost
84	Sachin Tendulkar	India	18 years, 323 days	New Zealand	Dunedin	March 12, 1992	Lost
81	Sachin Tendulkar	India	18 years, 318 days	Zimbabwe	Hamilton	March 7, 1992	Won
60	Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan	19 years, 172 days	Australia	Leeds	May 23, 1999	Won
59	Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan	19 years, 22 days	England	Rawalpindi	October 12, 1987	Won
56*	Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	19 years, 281 days	India	Port of Spain	March 17, 2007	Won
56	Mohammad Ashraful	Bangladesh	18 years, 234 days	New Zealand	Kimberley	February 26, 2003	Lost

 

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The number of players who have scored at least 400 runs and claimed 10 wickets or more in a single World Cup edition. This World Cup, Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan with 606 runs and 11 wickets became the first to do so. The closest anyone else has come to achieving this feat is New Zealand’s Scott Styris, who in the 2007 edition in the Caribbean made 499 runs and claimed nine wickets, missing the all-rounder’s double of 400 runs and 10 wickets by one run and one wicket. Overall, only five players have managed to score 300-plus runs and claim 10-plus wickets.

400 runs + 10 wickets

Player	For	Runs	Wickets	Matches	Edition
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	606	11	8	2019

 

300 runs + 10 wickets

Kapil Dev	India	303	12	8	1983
Neil Johnson	Zimbabwe	367	12	8	1999
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	321	11	10	2003
Yuvraj Singh	India	362	15	9	2011

 

Queries Corner How many bowlers have claimed both the openers in the opening over of a World Cup match? - S. Kartik, Vellore. So far in World Cup cricket, only three bowlers have that distinction. Javagal Srinath India Sri Lanka Romesh Kaluwitharana and Sanath Jayasuriya Kolkata 1996 Lost Robin Petersen South Africa England Andrew Strauss and Kevin Pietersen Chennai 2011 Won Sheldon Cottrell West Indies New Zealand Martin Guptill and Colin Munro Manchester 2019 Lost   How often have two batsmen at Nos. 9 and 10 managed to score 50-plus runs in the same innings in a World Cup match? - Aditya Prakash Tripathi, Kanpur. Two batsmen batting at Nos. 9 and 10 have never made 50-plus scores in the same innings in a World Cup match. However, this has occurred once in ODI cricket, when India’s Jai Prakash Yadav batting at No. 9 made 69 and Irfan Pathan at 10 made 50 against New Zealand at Bulawayo in a tri-series tournament on August 26, 2005. The pair came in to bat when India was 44 for eight in the 14th over and added 118 runs for the ninth wicket, which was then the second-highest ninth wicket stand in all ODI cricket! In the recent World Cup match against Pakistan, Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman claimed a five-wicket haul but conceded 75 runs. Is this the most conceded by a bowler with a five-wicket haul? - S. Rajan, Nagpur. Yes. Previously, England’s Steve Finn had claimed five for 71 against Australia in Melbourne at the 2015 World Cup. However, in all ODI cricket, England’s Adil Rashid claimed five for 85 runs against the West Indies at Queen’s Park in Grenada on February 27 this year. Mustafizur’s 75 is now the second most runs after Rashid.

 

Note: All figures above are updated as of July 5, 2019.