World Cup 2023 ended on a bad note for India but the Men in Blue played their hearts out in the tournament. Virat Kohli was named player of the tournament for scoring most runs in the World Cup and picking up a wicket. India did everything well except for the final execution. It just wasn’t meant to be for the Indians. Nevertheless, they produced some insane stats in the tournament. Not just India, other teams also produced striking records in the recently concluded World Cup. Here we have covered the most fascinating stats from the World Cup 2023.
Teams whose only defeat in a World Cup edition coming in the final
India in 2023 (10 wins)
New Zealand in 2015 (8 wins)
England in 1979 (4 wins)
Most wickets in a single edition of the World Cup
27 M Starc (2019)
26 G McGrath (2007)
24 Mohd Shami (2023) *
23 C Vaas (2003)
23 M Muralitharan (2007)
23 S Tait (2007)
23 A Zampa (2023)
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World Cup 2023 summary
Most runs: Virat Kohli (765)
Highest individual score: Glenn Maxwell (201*)
Most centuries: Quinton de Kock (4)
Most sixes: Rohit Sharma (31)
Most wickets: Mohd Shami (24)
Best figures: Mohd Shami (7/57)
Most WK dismissals: Quinton de Kock (20)
Most outfield catches: Daryl Mitchell (11)
Player of the Match in semifinal and final of a World Cup
Mohinder Amarnath in 1983
Aravinda de Silva in 1996
Shane Warne in 1999
Travis Head in 2023