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ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Most fifties in the Cricket World Cup
Every year, various athletes desire to make history by registering alluring records to their names. A team’s participation in the World Cup is crucial, especially if it wishes to effectively build an innings. Numerous batsmen have been able to break the pressure in each edition to join the exclusive club of players with the most fifties over the years.
In the entire tournament history, Sachin Tendulkar currently holds the record for scoring the highest number of half-centuries in the ODI World Cup history so far (21). The former Indian batsman built this record to his name in a record six World Cup appearances. Sachin has played a total of 45 matches in which he has been able to score 2278 runs at an average of 56.95.
Since the inception of the event in 1975, several players have been able to valuably contribute by scoring fifties in every edition. Sachin’s enormity of what he achieved through the number of fifties (21) he scored can very well be witnessed by the player who falls in the second position, Shakib Al Hasan, with 12 fifties to his name.
It might look like a very difficult task for batsmen to consistently perform well under pressure and score runs, but these players have been able to rise to the occasion to strengthen their place on the list and eventually end on a high as the tournament wraps up. The scenario of scoring half-centuries is no different from that. The batsman gets to effectively bestow the runs in the building of the innings. Where innings generally end on an average score of 270-300, a score of nearly 50 runs by just one player puts the team in a decent cushion of runs.
Top Players with Most Fifties/50s/Half-Century in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023
| No | Batsmen | Team | 50s | Matches | Inns | R | H.S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virat Kohli | IND | 6 | 11 | 11 | 765 | 117 |
| 2 | Shubman Gill | IND | 4 | 9 | 9 | 354 | 92 |
| 3 | Babar Azam | PAK | 4 | 9 | 9 | 320 | 74 |
| 4 | Pathum Nissanka | SL | 4 | 9 | 9 | 332 | 77 |
| 5 | Azmatullah Omarzai | AFG | 3 | 9 | 8 | 353 | 97 |
| 6 | Aiden Markram | SA | 3 | 10 | 10 | 406 | 106 |
| 7 | Joe Root | ENG | 3 | 9 | 9 | 276 | 82 |
| 8 | Rahmat Shah | AFG | 3 | 9 | 9 | 320 | 77 |
| 9 | Rohit Sharma | IND | 3 | 11 | 11 | 597 | 131 |
| 10 | Kane Williamson | NZ | 3 | 4 | 4 | 256 | 95 |
| 11 | Shreyas Iyer | IND | 3 | 11 | 11 | 530 | 128 |
| 12 | Hashmatullah Shahidi | AFG | 3 | 9 | 9 | 310 | 80 |
| 13 | Abdullah Shafique | PAK | 3 | 8 | 8 | 336 | 113 |
| 14 | Marnus Labuschagne | AUS | 3 | 11 | 10 | 362 | 71 |
| 15 | Rachin Ravindra | NZ | 2 | 10 | 10 | 578 | 123 |
Top List of Play With Most Fifties In ODI World CUP
Let us look at the players who scored the most fifties in the ODI World Cup:
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | Ave | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR Tendulkar (IND) | 1992-2011 | 45 | 44 | 4 | 2278 | 56.95 | 6 | 15 | 241 | 27 |
| V Kohli (IND) | 2011-2023 | 37 | 37 | 7 | 1795 | 59.83 | 5 | 12 | 159 | 14 |
| RG Sharma (IND) | 2015-2023 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 1575 | 60.57 | 7 | 6 | 166 | 54 |
| Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) | 2007-2023 | 36 | 36 | 4 | 1332 | 41.62 | 2 | 11 | 128 | 12 |
| KC Sangakkara (SL) | 2003-2015 | 37 | 35 | 8 | 1532 | 56.74 | 5 | 7 | 147 | 14 |
| DA Warner (AUS) | 2015-2023 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 1527 | 56.55 | 6 | 5 | 154 | 41 |
| SPD Smith (AUS) | 2011-2023 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 1136 | 42.07 | 1 | 10 | 104 | 9 |
| RT Ponting (AUS) | 1996-2011 | 46 | 42 | 4 | 1743 | 45.86 | 5 | 6 | 145 | 31 |
| AB de Villiers (SA) | 2007-2015 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 1207 | 63.52 | 4 | 6 | 121 | 37 |
| HH Gibbs (SA) | 1999-2007 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 1067 | 56.15 | 2 | 8 | 106 | 28 |
| JH Kallis (SA) | 1996-2011 | 36 | 32 | 7 | 1148 | 45.92 | 1 | 9 | 86 | 13 |
| F du Plessis (SA) | 2011-2019 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 926 | 57.87 | 2 | 7 | 74 | 11 |
| MD Crowe (NZ) | 1983-1992 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 880 | 55.00 | 1 | 8 | 82 | 7 |
| GA Gooch (ENG) | 1979-1992 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 897 | 44.85 | 1 | 8 | 80 | 4 |
| JE Root (ENG) | 2015-2023 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 1034 | 44.95 | 3 | 6 | 88 | 6 |
| Javed Miandad (PAK) | 1975-1996 | 33 | 30 | 5 | 1083 | 43.32 | 1 | 8 | 72 | 3 |
