World Cup Stats: Although Virat Kohli is very close to breaking some records of Sachin Tendulkar in ODI cricket, but in the World Cup figures, he is far behind the master-blaster. There is a long gap in the World Cup figures of these two greats.
Sachin Tendulkar is the highest run scorer in the ODI World Cup. Sachin has played a total of 6 World Cups from 1992 to 2011. During this period, he scored 2278 runs in 45 matches at a batting average of 56.95. Sachin’s strike rate in the World Cup was also 89. Along with this, Sachin scored a total of 6 centuries and 15 half-centuries in the World Cup. He is also at number one in terms of scoring centuries and half-centuries in the World Cup.
On the other hand, Virat Kohli for India one day world cup He is the second highest run scoring batsman in India. Although he is far behind Sachin. Virat Kohli played a total of three World Cups between 2011 and 2019 and during this he scored 1030 runs in 26 matches. That means he is 1248 runs behind Sachin. This is such a distance that to overcome this, King Kohli will have to play the next World Cup also.
Even in terms of batting average and strike rate, Kohli has lagged behind the master-blaster. Kohli’s batting average in the World Cup was 46.81 and strike rate was 86.70. Virat is far behind in terms of centuries and half-centuries. Virat Kohli has so far scored only two centuries and 6 half-centuries in the World Cup.
Virat is close to breaking Sachin’s record of centuries in ODI
Sachin Tendulkar is the batsman who has scored the most runs (18426) and most centuries (51) in ODI cricket. Whereas Virat Kohli has 13083 runs and 47 centuries in his account so far. However, Virat’s figures in batting average and strike rate are better than Sachin.
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