Cricket World Cup History: 5 batsmen with the most 50-plus scores across all editions

#2 Kumar Sangakkara: 12 scores of 50+

Watching Sangakkara bat was like watching a stream in full flow

At the No. 2 spot comes Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara. Watching Sangakkara bat was like watching a stream in full flow; his pristine cover drives through the off side and his delectable flicks past mid-wicket were an absolute treat for the eyes.

Sangakkara played 35 innings for Sri Lanka in World Cup cricket, and scored 1532 runs at an average of 56.74, including 5 hundreds and 7 fifties.

Sangakkara smashed 4 hundreds in the 2015 edition of the World Cup, and is the only batsman till date to score 4 hundreds in a single edition.

RECORD

Innings: 35; Runs: 1532; Average: 56.74; 100s: 5; 50s: 7

#1 Sachin Tendulkar: 21 scores of 50+

Tendulkar is the most complete batsman that the game of cricket has ever seen

Sachin Tendulkar is hailed as the most complete batsman that the game of cricket has ever seen, and no list of batting records can be complete without his name featuring in it.

The master batsman played 44 innings for India across 6 editions of the World Cup, and scored a colossal 2278 runs at an average of 56.95, including 6 hundreds and 15 fifties. That takes his tally of 50 or more in World Cup cricket to 21.

Tendulkar is the only batsman to have scored over 2000 runs in World Cup cricket, and has scored the most fifties as well as the most hundreds at the marquee event.

He also holds the record of scoring the most number of runs in a single World Cup edition, having racked up a whopping 673 runs during the 2003 edition of the World Cup.

RECORD

Innings: 44; Runs: 2278; Average: 56.95; 100s: 6; 50s: 15