The ODI World Cup is currently underway in India. As the 50-over extravaganza hurtles towards the business end, we take a look at some of the key stats.
A run-fest
4 The number of occasions when three individual three-figure scores were posted in the same innings of an ODI match. South Africa batters achieved this against Sri Lanka in Delhi on 7 October 2023, when three of their batters (Quinton de Kock, Rassie van der Dussen and Aiden Markram) made centuries. This is the first such occurrence in a World Cup match. Incidentally, South Africa has now achieved this on three occasions in ODIs, while England has done it once. Also, the World Cup match in Hyderabad on 10 October 2023 saw four hundreds, two each by the two sides — Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Although this has occurred twice in ODIs, this is the first time in the World Cup.
Three centuries in the same innings of an ODI match
Team | Total | Against | Venue | Date | (Result) |
South Africa | 439/2 (50 ov) | West Indies | Johannesburg | 18 Jan 2015 | (won by 148 runs) |
Hashim Amla 153*, Rilee Rossouw 128, AB de Villiers 149 | |||||
South Africa | 438/4 (50 ov) | India | MumbaiWS | 25 Oct 2015 | (won by 214 runs) |
Quinton de Kock 109, Faf du Plessis 133 retd hurt, AB de Villiers 119 | |||||
England | 498/4 (50 ov) | Netherlands | Amstelveen | 17 Jun 2022 | (won by 232 runs) |
Phil Salt 122, Dawid Malan 125, Jos Buttler 162* | |||||
South Africa | 428/5 (50 ov) | Sri Lanka | Delhi | 7 Oct 2023 | (won by 102 runs) |
Quinton de Kock 100, Rassie van der Dussen 108, Aiden Markram 106 |
Note:in Johannesburg the top three batters made hundreds
Four centuries in the same ODI match
Team | Total (ov) | Against | Total (ov) | Venue | Date | Result |
Pakistan | 315/2 (50) | Australia | 316/4 (48.5) | Lahore | 10 Nov 1998 | (Aus won 6 wkts) |
Ijaz Ahmed 111, Mohd Yousuf 100 R. Ponting 124*, A. Gilchrist 103 | ||||||
Australia | 350/6 (50) | India | 351/4 (49.3) | Nagpur | 20 Oct 2013 | Ind won 6 wkts |
G Bailey 156, S Watson 102 V Kohli 115*, S Dhawan 100 | ||||||
Sri Lanka | 344/9 (50) | Pakistan | 345/4 (48.2) | Hyderabad (I) | 10 Oct 2023 | Pak won 6 wkts |
K. Mendis 122, S. Samarwickrama 108 Mohd Rizwan131*, Abdullah Shafique 113 |
19 The number of innings for David Warner and Rohit Sharma to reach their respective career landmarks of 1000 World Cup runs —Warner against India in Chennai and Rohit against Afghanistan in Delhi, respectively. This is now a new record in World Cup history for batters to aggregate 1000 runs. The previous record was 20 innings jointly held by Sachin Tendulkar and A. B. de Villiers. Currently, 24 batters have the distinction of aggregating 1000 runs during their World Cup career (in this edition, Bangladeshi Mushfiqur Rahim became the third to achieve this on 19 October).
Quickest to reach 1000 runs in ODI World Cup cricket
Inns | Mts | Batter (team) | Achieved on | Runs | Ave. | 100 |
19 | 19 | David Warner (Aus) | 8 Oct 2023 | 1033 | 60.76 | 4 |
19 | 19 | Rohit Sharma (Ind) | 11 Oct 2023 | 1109 | 65.24 | 7 |
20 | 20 | A. B. de Villiers (SA) | 7 Mar 2015 | 1043 | 57.94 | 4 |
20 | 20 | Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) | 8 Jun 1999 | 1043 | 61.35 | 3 |
21 | 21 | Sourav Ganguly (Ind) | 23 Mar 2007 | 1006 | 55.89 | 4 |
21 | 23 | Viv Richards (WI) | 30 Oct 1987 | 1013 | 63.31 | 3 |
564 The number of sixes that Rohit Sharma has hit in his international career. This is now the highest by any batter in the history of international cricket played across all three formats — Tests, ODIs and T20Is. During his 131 against Afghanistan in Delhi on 11 October 2023, he hit five sixes, surpassing the previous record of 553 sixes by West Indian Chris Gayle. As of date, Rohit has extended his tally of sixes to 564.
Most sixes hit in international cricket
Intl sixes | Batter (Team) | Mts | Inns | Runs | Ave. | Sixes | Sixes | Sixes |
Test | ODI | T20I | ||||||
564 | Rohit Sharma (Ind) | 455 | 475 | 17907 | 43.35 | 77 | 305 | 182 |
553 | Chris Gayle (WI/ICC) | 483 | 551 | 19593 | 37.97 | 98 | 331 | 124 |
476 | Shahid Afridi (Pak/ICC/Asia) | 524 | 508 | 11196 | 23.92 | 52 | 351 | 73 |
398 | Brendon McCullum (NZ) | 432 | 474 | 14676 | 34.37 | 107 | 200 | 91 |
383 | Martin Guptill (NZ) | 367 | 402 | 13463 | 35.90 | 23 | 187 | 173 |
5 The number of fielders who have the distinction of claiming four catches, the most in a World Cup match. England’s Joe Root, against Afghanistan in Delhi on 15 October 2023, became the latest to emulate four others in the tournament.
Most catches (four) by a fielder in ODI World Cup
Fielder | For | Opp | Venue | Date | M Inns | Result |
Mohd Kaif | Ind | SL | Johannesburg | 10 Mar 2003 | 2 | Won |
Soumya Sarkar | Ban | Sco | Nelson | 5 Mar 2015 | 1 | Won |
Umar Akmal | Pak | Ire | Adelaide | 15 Mar 2015 | 1 | Won |
Chris Woakes | Eng | Pak | Nottingham | 3 Jun 2019 | 1 | Lost |
Joe Root | Eng | Afg | Delhi | 15 Oct 2023 | 1 | Lost |
4 The number of batters with the distinction of aggregating 26000 runs in their international cricket career. Virat Kohli, against Bangladesh in Pune on 19 October 2023, became the latest to join this elite list. He also achieved this landmark in fewest number of innings among those in the list. Among current players, Joe Root is the closest to reaching this landmark. However, with 18725 runs, he is still 7275 runs short.
The 26-thousand run club
Intl runs | Batter (Team) | Mts | Inns | Ave. | 100 | Runs | Runs | Runs |
Test | ODI | T20I | ||||||
34357 | Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) | 664 | 782 | 48.52 | 100 | 15921 | 18426 | 10 |
28016 | Kumar Sangakkara (SL/ICC/Asia) | 594 | 666 | 46.77 | 63 | 12400 | 14234 | 1382 |
27483 | Ricky Ponting (Aus/ICC) | 560 | 668 | 45.95 | 71 | 13378 | 13704 | 401 |
26026 | Virat Kohli (Ind) | 511 | 567 | 53.99 | 78 | 8676 | 13342 | 4008 |
Quickest to reach 26000 international runs — fewest innings and matches
Inns | Mts | Batter (Team) | Runs | Ave. | 100 | Against | Venue | Date | Format | Result |
567 | 511 | Virat Kohli (Ind) | 26026 | 53.99 | 78 | Bangladesh | Pune | 19 Oct 2023 | ODI | won |
600 | 527 | Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) | 26036 | 48.12 | 78 | England | Lord’s | 20 Jul 2007 | Test | drawn |
624 | 528 | Ricky Ponting (Aus/ICC) | 26052 | 46.77 | 69 | India | Ahmedabad | 24 Mar 2011 | ODI | lost |
625 | 560 | Kumar Sangakkara (SL) | 26095 | 46.34 | 56 | Pakistan | Galle | 9 Aug 2014 | Test | won |
1 The number of batters with an average of 50-plus among the 91 players with an aggregate of 10000-plus runs in international cricket. Virat Kohli’s batting average of nearly 54.00 stands out among these players. South African Jacques Kallis and Pakistani Babar Azam are the nearest to Kohli but with an average well below the 50-mark.
Bat Ave. | Batter (Team) | Mts | Inns | Runs | Career Span |
53.99 | Virat Kohli (Ind) | 511 | 567 | 26026 | 2008- |
49.10 | Jacques Kallis (SAf/ICC/Afr) | 519 | 617 | 25534 | 1995-2014 |
49.03 | Babar Azam (Pak) | 265 | 295 | 12749 | 2015- |
49.00 | Michael Hussey (Aus) | 302 | 324 | 12398 | 2004-2013 |
48.89 | Joe Root (Eng) | 332 | 431 | 18725 | 2012- |
8 The number of successive World Cup victories by India against Pakistan. The victory by India against Pakistan in Ahmedabad on 14 October 2023 equals the solo record held by Pakistan against Sri Lanka. These are the most significant head-to-head victories by a side without tasting a defeat from the opponent.
Biggest head-to-head victories in World Cup, without tasting defeat
Result | Winner | Loser | From | To |
8-0 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 14 Jun 1975 | 10 Oct 2023 |
8-0 | India | Pakistan | 4 Mar 1992 | 14 Oct 2023 |
6-0 | West Indies | Zimbabwe | 13 Jun 1983 | 24 Feb 2015 |
6-0 | New Zealand | Bangladesh | 17 May 1999 | 13 Oct 2023 |
5-0 + | New Zealand | Zimbabwe | 10 Oct 1987 | 4 Mar 2011 |
5-0 | Sri Lanka | Zimbabwe | 23 Feb 1992 | 10 Mar 2011 |
5-0 + | Pakistan | Zimbabwe | 27 Feb 1992 | 1 Mar 2015 |
+ excludes one no-result game
7 The number of occasions Australian David Warner has managed to cross 150 in a match during his ODI career. His 163 (overall his 21st ODI hundred) against Pakistan in Bengaluru on 20 Oct 2023 has taken his tally of 150-plus scores just below Rohit Sharma’s record eight. Three other players have made five 150-plus scores during their ODI careers.
Batters with most 150+ scores in an ODI career
150+ scores | Batter (Team) | 150+ | 150+ | 150+ | 150+ | 150+ | 150+ | 150+ | 150+ |
#1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | #8 | ||
8 | Rohit Sharma (Ind) | 209 | 264 | 150 | 171* | 208* | 152* | 162 | 159 |
7 | David Warner (Aus) | 163 | 178 | 173 | 156 | 179 | 166 | 163 | — |
5 | Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) | 186* | 152 | 163* | 175 | 200* | — | — | — |
5 | Chris Gayle (WI) | 152 | 153* | 152* | 215 | 162 | — | — | — |
5 | Virat Kohli (Ind) | 183 | 154* | 160* | 157* | 166* | - | - | - |
All records are correct and updated until 20 October 2023
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