Virat Kohli is at the forefront in scoring runs in this World Cup
Ran 7 km on the pitch for 401 runs, Rachin Ravindra at second place. Indian batsman Virat Kohli has become the highest run scorer in the current World Cup. He has scored 711 runs in 10 matches so far. The 11th and last match of this tournament will be played against Australia in the final on Sunday.
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This is the first time in the history of the World Cup that a batsman has crossed the 700-run mark. This performance of Virat shows that he is a great run machine of modern cricket.
However, there is another fact hidden behind Virat's current statistics, which puts Virat at the forefront among the current cricketers. Virat has scored 401 runs i.e. 56% of the 711 runs. For this he ran 7 km on the pitch.
Later in the story, we will analyze the type of runs of top players in the World Cup. We will know how much fours and sixes contribute to his figures and how much is the contribution of running and scoring runs. We will also look at the numbers of the top 5 batsmen in the history of ODI cricket from the same perspective.
Sachin ran 162 kilometers on the pitch in his 23-year-old ODI career, Virat's number was fourth.
In the history of ODI cricket, Virat is at 5th position in terms of scoring runs. Sachin Tendulkar is on top in this list. Sachin has scored a total of 18 thousand 426 runs during his 23 years of ODI career, out of which 9 thousand 192 runs came from singles, doubles and triples. For this he ran 162.49 kilometers on the pitch.
Kumar Sangakkara is at second place and Ricky Ponting is at third place. Virat is at fourth place in this matter, he has covered a distance of 136.61 kilometers by running to score 7728 runs in ODI cricket.
Sachin scored 51% runs from boundaries, Virat scored 57% runs by running.
In ODI cricket, Sachin Tendulkar has scored 51 percent of his runs from boundaries. Sachin hit 2016 fours and 195 sixes in ODIs. On the other hand, Kohli focused more on running and scored 57% of his runs by running and 43% of his runs were achieved through boundaries. Kohli has 1290 fours and 151 sixes in ODIs. At the same time, Chris Gayle has scored the most runs from the boundary. Out of Gayle's 12 thousand runs, 63 percent have come from big shots.
Kohli is at number 5 in terms of scoring runs from boundaries.
Kohli is at third place overall in the top run scorer of ODI, but he is at fifth place in terms of adding runs from fours and sixes. Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs with the help of boundaries. Whereas, former Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya is at second place and West Indies' Chris Gayle is at third place. Kumar Sangakkara is at number four.
