WC 2015: Top 5 leading run scorers & Wicket takers

World cup 2015 winner was decided and it’s time to have look at some stats. The main among all is the highest run scorer and highest wicket taker. Martin Guptill of New Zealand took over the top spot of highest run-scorer of 2015 Cricket World Cup as he surpassed Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka total runs of 541. Guptill finished with the highest 547 runs to become the No. 1 in the top-5 list of batsmen.

Highest run-scorers at the ICC World Cup 2015


1. Martin Guptill (NZ) 547 runs

2. Kumar Sangakkara (SL) 541 runs

3. AB de Villiers (SA) 482 runs

4. Brendan Taylor (ZIM) 433 runs

5. Shikhar Dhawan (IND) 412 runs

Coming to Bowling it was Aussie pace machine Mitchell Starc who finished as the best bowler of the tournament. He shared the same number of wickets as that of Trent Boult from New Zealand at 22 but the better average and economy helped him push hi Trans-tasman rivals to second place. The Indian bowlers Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami finished at third and fourth place with 18 and 17 wickets respectively.

Highest wicket-takers at the ICC World cup 2015 :

1.Mitchell Starc (AUS) 22 wickets

2.Trent Boult (NZ) 22 wickets

3. Umesh Yadav (IND) 18 wickets

4. Morne Morkel (SA) 17 wickets

5. Mohd. Shami (IND) 17 wickets.