With the holy grail of ODI cricket up for grabs once again, defending champions England and nine other teams will be vying to outwit and outplay each other.
Over the decades, the ICC ODI World Cup has seen some of the best One Day matches ever played. Multiple records have been shattered and new ones made. The 2023 edition promises a lot more of that.
With India hosting the ODI World Cup as sole hosts for the first time, the TOI Sports Desk here takes a look at some of the major personal milestones that are approaching for individual players:
Trent Boult (197 wickets at an average of 23.56 in 104 matches) requires just three wickets to complete his 200 wickets in ODIs.
Just one wicket is needed by Mitchell Starc (49 wickets at 14.81 in 18 matches) to become the second Australian bowler to complete 50-plus wickets in the World Cup. Glenn McGrath had captured 71 wickets at 18.19 runs apiece in 39 matches - a World Cup record.
David Warner (992 runs at an average of 62.00 runs apiece in 18 matches) requires eight runs to complete 1000 runs in the World Cup. Three Australian players have already accomplished the feat - Ricky Ponting (1743), Adam Gilchrist (1085) & Mark Waugh (1004).
Warner (four hundreds) needs just one century to emulate an Australian record for most World Cup hundreds, held by Ricky Ponting (five in 46 matches).
Rohit Sharma (292 sixes in 243 innings) requires just eight sixes to become the third batter after Shahid Afridi (351 in 369) and Chris Gayle (331 in 294) to complete a triple century of sixes in ODIs.
Virat Kohli (47 hundreds in 269 innings) is all set to create cricket history in the forthcoming World Cup by becoming the first batter to complete 50 hundreds in ODIs. In case he scores just two hundreds, he would be equalling Sachin Tendulkar's tally of 49 hundreds in 452 innings.
Rohit Sharma (978 runs at an average of 65.20 in seventeen innings) needs 22 runs to become the fourth Indian batter to complete 1000 runs or more in the World Cup. The top three being Sachin Tendulkar (2278), Virat Kohli (1030) & Sourav Ganguly (1006).
Just one catch is needed by Virat Kohli (14 in 26 innings) to become the leading Indian fielder in the World Cup. Anil Kumble had taken 14 catches in 18 innings.
Joe Root (758 runs at an average of 54.14, including three hundreds and three fifties, in sixteen innings) is all set to become the leading run-getter for England in the World Cup. Only one batter has amassed more runs for England - 897 (ave 44.85), including a hundred and eight fifties, in 21 innings - Graham Gooch.
Jos Buttler (4823 at an average of 41.57, including eleven hundreds and 25 fifties in 142 innings) needs 177 runs to complete his 5,000 runs in ODIs.
Stats Courtesy: Rajesh Kumar
