Sachin Tendulkar's World Cup record set to stay for a long time

India's batting legend Sachin Tendulkar played in a record 6 World Cups and won the coveted trophy in 2011 on his home ground - Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai).

Tendulkar retired from international cricket last year but his World Cup record for most number of runs is set to stand for a long time.

As we count down to the next edition of the World Cup, which starts in less than 90 days (February 14, 2015), in Australia and New Zealand, here is the list of Top-10 batsmen with most runs in World Cup history.

Tendulkar leads the pack with 2,278 runs from 45 matches. All the batsmen in the Top 10 chart have retired and among the current players nobody is close to emulating Tendulkar, at least in the 2015 edition. Among active cricketers, Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara is way behind with 991 runs.

Here is the Top 10 list of most run scorers in World Cup history

Most runs in World Cup history (Top 10)
Batsmen	Years	Matches	Innings	Total runs	Highest score	Average	Hundreds	Half centuries
Sachin Tendulkar (India)	1992-2011	45	44	2278	152	56.95	6	15
Ricky Ponting (Australia)	1996-2011	46	42	1743	140*	45.86	5	6
Brian Lara (West Indies)	1992-2007	34	33	1225	116	42.24	2	7
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)	1992-2007	38	37	1165	120	34.26	3	6
Jacques Kallis (South Africa)	1996-2011	36	32	1148	128*	45.92	1	9
Adam Gilchrist (Australia)	1999-2007	31	31	1085	149	36.16	1	8
Javed Miandad (Pakistan)	1975-1996	33	30	1083	103	43.32	1	8
Stephen Fleming (New Zealand)	1996-2007	33	33	1075	134*	35.83	2	5
Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa)	1999-2007	25	23	1067	143	56.15	2	8
Aravinda de Silva (Sri Lanka)	1987-2003	35	32	1064	145	36.68	2	6

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Story first published: Thursday, August 3, 2017, 7:24 [IST]

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Sachin Tendulkar's World Cup record set to stay for a long time