After 45 matches, on the last day of the league stage, India will play against New Zealand in the first semi-final while Australia will take on against England in the other match for a spot in final. Interestingly, all the top-eight highest-wicket takers in the Cricket World Cup 2019 so far are the pacers with Mitchell Starc leading the chart with 26 wickets. A lot of records have broken in the World Cup.
Pacers dominated league stage
Pacers dominated the league stage as the difference in average and strike rate can be seen easily between fast-bowlers and spinners. Interestingly, all the top-eight highest-wicket takers in the tournament so far are the pacers with Mitchell Starc leading the chart with 26 wickets.
India's top-three scored the most runs in the tournament, scored most fifty-plus in the tournament and had the highest average and strike rate among all the teams during the league stage. They are playing against New Zealand and their top-orders' average of 41.05 is the fourth lowest among all the teams.
Indian bowlers aced the bowling chart during the league stage of this World Cup as their bowlers' strike-rate of 33.3 is the best among all the teams. Moreover, the top-four teams in this char are all playing in the semi-finals.
Indian bowlers once again topped the chart in the bowling Powerplay in terms of economy rate while West Indies bowlers took the most number of wickets in bowling Powerplay during the league stage.
England and West Indies were the only teams to hit more than 50 sixes during the league stage of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.
England took the most number of catches in the tournament while India dropped only four catches in the tournament - the least among all the teams.
Statistical highlights from the
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# Shakib Al Hasan became the third player to score 600-plus runs in an edition of ODI World Cup while David Warner became the fifth player to score 600-plus runs in an edition of ODI World Cup later during the day against South Africa. The other three players who have achieved the same milestone are Sachin Tendulkar (2003), Matthew Hayden (2007) and Rohit Sharma (2019).
# Shakib Al Hasan became the first player in history to have scored 600 plus runs and scalp 11 wickets in one edition of World Cup.
# There are 31 centuries have been scored in the 12th edition of the Cricket World Cup which is second most after the Cricket World Cup of 2015. worth to mention that there are 3 matches still to be played in this World Cup 2019.
# Eoin Morgan (England) has scored highest number of sixes (22) while Rohit Sharma has scored most number of boundaries (67)in the World Cup 2019.
# Angelo Mathews became the second Sri Lankan player to score a century against India in ODI World Cups after Mahela Jayawardene (at Mumbai in 2011). This was Anglo Mathews' third ODI century - all against India and all came in a losing cause.
# KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma have now three century stands - the joint-most by any pair in an edition of ODI World Cup.
# Rohit Sharma has now scored five centuries in this World Cup - the most by any player in an edition of ODI World Cup.
#Rohit Sharma became the first player to score three centuries while chasing in ODI World Cups. He has now scored 13 centuries while chasing in ODIs - the third most by any player.
#This was the third instance (Rohit-Rahul) of both the openers scoring century in a same ODI World Cup after match after Upul Tharanga and Tillakaratne Dilshan (against Zimbabwe at Pallekele in 2011 and against England at Colombo in 2011).
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