5 Indians with highest batting averages in World Cups 

2. Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin has been a huge factor behind the explosion of popularity that cricket enjoys in India. Sachin Tendulkar is among the top 3 in almost all batting charts in ODI cricket and this list is no different. The highest run getter in World Cups, Sachin stands second in the list of Indians with best batting averages in World Cups with an average of 56.95.

Playing his first World Cup in 1992, Sachin was a part of 6 World Cup campaigns for India till 2011, where India emerged victorious after 28 years. His 673 from 11 innings at an average of 61.18 remains the highest aggregate in a single World Cup. Sachin still holds the record of most runs, most hundreds and most fifties in ODI cricket, among many other records. In 463 games, Sachin finished with 18426 runs with 49 hundreds and 96 fifties at an average of 44.83.

In 44 innings, Sachin scored 2278 runs in World Cups with a highest score of 152 against Namibia in 2003. He had 6 hundreds and 15 fifties at an average of 56.95 and a strike rate of 88.98. He was also India's highest run getter at the 2011 World Cup.