World Cup History: 5 Batsmen with most runs in a World Cup

#1 Sachin Tendulkar (673 runs) - 2003 World Cup

Sachin Tendulkar still holds the record for the most runs in a single World Cup tournament

India had gone to tour New Zealand just before the 2003 World Cup. Sachin Tendulkar, who was carrying an injury played in 3 ODIs and scored just 1 run in 3 matches. Everyone started debating if Sachin’s ability was fading away.

And then came the 2003 World Cup and the rest, as they say, is history. He was promoted up the order and in return, he provided the team with everything that the team could have hoped for. He was playing in his 4th World Cup and was looking to win it for the first time. On the contrary, he never played in the nets but was only involved in throw-downs during the entire tournament as he wanted to preserve his touch.

In 11 matches including the final, he scored 673 runs at an average of 61.18 which included six fifties and a hundred which helped the team in securing wins over every team except the mighty Aussies.

This is still the most number of runs scored by a batsman in a single edition. His best innings came against the strong Pakistan bowling attack when he amassed 98 runs in just 75 balls. This was by far the best World Cup performance ever.