World Cup 2023: Who is India's most prolific chaser in ICC events?

There is no better feeling than leading the batting attack in run-chases, especially in ICC events. Scoring runs have never been that easy in ICC games because of high-pressure situations. Nevertheless, few batsmen held their nerves and brought the best out of themselves under pressure.

India have always been a nation that has produced abundant batting talents in history but only a handful of them made it to the top, courtesy of their mental toughness and the capability to cope with stressful situations, which is highly valued in the game.

Let's now take a glimpse at the 2 Indians with the most fifty-plus scores while chasing in ICC games.

Rohit Sharma

Indian captain Rohit Sharma has the joint-most fifty-plus scores while chasing in ICC games. The experienced campaigner who is best known for his acumen to assess the conditions before going about his work has a total of 14 fifty-plus scores while chasing in ICC games, which is quite a record.

Rohit Sharma is also the only cricketer to have scored five centuries in a single edition of the Cricket World Cup. He achieved the feat during the 2019 World Cup in which he scored 648 runs at a magnificent average of 81, which is the most by a batsman in that tournament. Besides that, he is also the only cricketer to have scored the most hundreds in Cricket World Cups (7).

Virat Kohli

Former Indian captain Virat Kohli has the joint-most 50-plus scores while chasing in ICC games. India's run-machine, who is widely acknowledged as the best all-format batter in the world has 14 fifty-plus scores while chasing in ICC games.

The Delhi-born mustered 1186 runs at a batting average of 49.41, wherein he smashed 2 centuries and 8 fifties in the Cricket World Cups. Virat Kohli is behind Sachin Tendulkar (2278) and Rohit Sharma (1195) in terms of aggregating the most runs for Team India in ICC ODI World Cup history.