Shami becomes highest wicket-taker for India in World Cup

Mohammed Shami makes him the highest wicket taker for India in World Cups, going past Javagal Srinath and Zaheer Khan. This was Shami's third five-wicket haul in World Cups equalling Mitchell Starc for the record in the tournament and fourth in all ODIs; Srinath and Harbhajan Singh have three each.

Most wickets for India in World Cups:

Player Mat Wkts Avg ER SR Best

Mohd Shami 14 45 12.91 4.91 15.7 5/18

Zaheer Khan 23 44 20.22 4.47 27.1 4/42

J Srinath 34 44 27.81 4.32 38.6 4/30

J Bumrah 16 33 17.87 4.13 25.9 4/39

A Kumble 18 31 22.83 4.08 33.5 4/32

Kapil Dev 26 28 31.85 3.76 50.7 5/43

Kohli overtakes Tendulkar's record:

Virat Kohli surpassed Sachin Tendulkar's record of scoring more than 1000 ODI runs in a calendar year. Kohli has now scored more than 1000 ODI runs in a calendar year eight times, overtaking the legendary Tendulkar’s erstwhile record of seven. Kohli’s brilliance in ODI cricket came back in 2017 when he scored 1460 runs in 26 innings. With 1000+ runs in four consecutive years 2011, 20212, 2013, and 2014, Kohli managed to equal Tendulkar's record after 2017, 2018, and 2019 phenomenal performance with the bat.

After struggling with the bat in the year 2020, 2021, and 2022 Kohli with 82 runs inning against Sri Lanka now becomes the record holder of scoring the most 1000+ ODI runs in a calendar year.

f 2 runs: The aggregate by Sri Lanka's top five batters - the lowest in an ODI innings. The previous lowest being four runs by Canada against Netherlands in King City in 2013.

f 5 Sri Lankan batters getting dismissed without scoring, the eighth such instance in World Cup contests. This is the third such instance by a Full Member nation after England against West Indies in the final of 1979 and Sri Lanka against India in Johannesburg in 2003.

f 4 Instances of both openers getting dismissed for golden ducks, three of the four coming in World Cups. The previous instances were Piet Rinke and Terry Duffin against West Indies in 2006, Lahiru Thirimanne and Tillakaratne Dilshan against Afghanistan in 2015 and Colin Munro and Martin Guptill against West Indies in 2019.

f 5/80 by Dilshan Madushanka is the second most expensive five-wicket haul in all ODIs behind Adil Rashid's 5/85 against West Indies in St George's in 2019. The previous most expensive in World Cups was Mustafizur Rahman's 5/75 against Pakistan at Lord's in the 2019 edition.

f 6 Wickets taken by India in the first ten overs - the joint most for them in an ODI equaling six against the same opponent in their most recent meeting in the Asia Cup final in Colombo in last September (where ball by ball data available). They have taken five wickets or more in this phase five times in ODIs of which four have happened in the last 18 months and three in 2023 alone, all against Sri Lanka.

f 3 Indian batters surpassing Sri Lanka's total of 55 - Shubman Gill 92, Virat Kohli 88, and Shreyas Iyer 82. It is only the third instance in ODIs where three batters from one team topped the opposition total (completed innings only) after Australia against Namibia in Potchefstroom in World Cup 2003 and South Africa against Sri Lanka in Paarl in 2012.

India register their biggest win in WC history

India registered their biggest win, by margin of runs, at the World Cup. It was also the second largest victory overall in World Cup history, bettered only by Australia’s 309-run win over Netherlands earlier in the tournament. India surpassed its previous largest victory, a 257-run win against Bermuda in 2007.

Biggest wins overall in World Cup history:

u Australia beat Netherlands by 309 runs at Delhi in 2023

u India beat Sri Lanka by 302 runs at Mumbai in 2023

u Australia beat Afghanistan by 275 runs at Perth in 2015

u India beat Bermuda by 257 runs at Port of Spain in 2007

u South Africa beat West Indies by 257 runs at Sydney in 2015

Sri Lanka register fourth worst score

Sri Lanka, which were bowled out for 55, created the record of the fourth lowest total in the history of World Cup.

List of the top 10 lowest totals in ODI World Cup history:

e Canada - 36 all out in 18.4 overs vs Sri Lanka at Paarl in 2003

e Canada - 45 all out in 40.3 overs vs England at Manchester in 1979

e Namibia - 45 all out in 14 overs vs Australia at Potchefstroom in 2003

e Sri Lanka - 55 all out in 19.4 overs vs India at Mumbai in 2023

e Bangladesh - 58 all out in 18.5 overs vs West Indies at Mirpur in 2011

e Scotland - 68 all out in 31.1 overs vs West Indies at Leicester in 1999

e Kenya - 69 all out in 23.5 overs vs New Zealand at Chennai in 2011

e Pakistan - 74 all out in 40.2 overs vs England at Adelaide in 1992

e Ireland - 77 all out in 27.4 overs vs Sri Lanka at St. George’s in 2007

e Bermuda - 78 all out in 24.4 overs vs Sri Lanka at Port of Spain in 2007.

India’s highest totals in World Cup:

413/5 in 50 overs vs Bermuda (2007, Port of Spain)

373/6 in 50 overs vs Sri Lanka (1999, Taunton)

370/4 in 50 overs vs Bangladesh (2011, Mirpur)

357/8 in 50 overs vs Sri Lanka (2023, Mumbai)

352/5 in 50 overs vs Australia (2019, The Oval)

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