ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2023 – TOP 5 BATTERS TO WATCH OUT FOR THE WORLD CUP 2023
ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2023:
The ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 is just around the corner and the fans are waiting for their favorite teams to take the ground in the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. The ICC Cricket World Cup is scheduled to be played from OCTOBER – NOVEMBER in India.
Every cricket fan is waiting for the start of this tournament and even though it’s a team game but individual performances also matter in winning games. So, here we will talk about those five batters who are expected to perform brilliantly in the upcoming ICC World Cup in India, which are as follows;
BABAR AZAM:
The all-format captain of the Pakistan team and the top-ranked batsman in the ICC ODI Rankings, Babar Azam will be the player to watch out for the World Cup 2023 in India. He will lead Pakistan team in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 and as per his mantra, he leads from the front. So, every other team has to look out for fireworks from the bat of Pakistan’s captain.
Babar Azam will be playing in the second edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup. He played in the previous World Cup in 2019 and scored 474 runs in just 8 innings at an average of around 70 for Pakistan. Pakistan failed to qualify for the semis but he ended up in the top 10 batters of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.
VIRAT KOHLI:
Virat Kohli, the former Indian captain has gained his form after a huge dip, now he seems to be back to his best, especially in the white-ball cricket. You can’t keep a player like Virat Kohli out of the game as he will be one of the top batter in the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup and there will also be the advantage of home conditions because the World Cup is scheduled to be played in India.
Last time, when Virat Kohli played a World Cup in India, that was in 2011 and India lifted the trophy as well. It can also happen to be the last ODI World Cup of Virat Kohli, but the hunger of scoring runs hasn’t ended yet. So, he would definitely want to end on a high after winning the World Cup in India.
DAVID WARNER:
The veteran top-order explosive batsman of the Australian Cricket Team, David Warner has been a great performer in all formats for the Australian team in the past and is a different breed in white-ball cricket. David Warner has a huge chance to make this World Cup a memorable one because his record on Indian pitches is awesome and with his explosive style of play, he can put any bowler under pressure.
He will be one of the key players for the Australian cricket team in the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, as he was in the previous edition where Australia lost in the semi-finals against England but David Warner ended as the second-highest runs-scorer of the tournament, just one run behind Rohit Sharma, who scored a record-breaking 648 runs in the tournament.
SHUBMAN GILL:
Another exciting young talent that has been in great form this year will be the one to watch out for the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. No one would want to leave a player like Shubman Gill and that too after his sensational performances in the Indian Premier League where he scored more than 800 runs and was scoring centuries for fun on Indian pitches.
Indian fans would want Shubman Gill to continue his form into the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 because with the talent, composure, and technique Shuman Gill possesses, he can be a very important player for the Indian team and if he performs the same on those pitches, he will play a very crucial role for India in lifting another World Cup title at home.
JOSS BUTTLER:
Joss Buttler will play in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 in India as the captain of the England team, he is now a T20 World Cup-winning captain of the England team and was also part of the team that won the World Cup in 2019. The responsibility will be again on his shoulders to perform and lead his team because they are the defending champions of this ICC World Cup.
Joss Butter played a very crucial role in the previous ICC World Cup as well in winning the World Cup title for the England team, he scored more than 300 runs while batting in the middle order, and that too at an explosive strike rate. His performances will also be very crucial for the England team because he can dismantle any bowling lineup to win the game for his team on his own in white-ball cricket.
As we all know, the ICC world cup 2023 will be played in India, and we will be expecting some high-scoring thrillers in the world cup which will make the role of batters very important in the tournament. These are some of those batters that are expected to perform exceptionally for their respective teams but do watch out for some other batters like TOM LATHAM (excellent player of spin and pace), JOE ROOT (an all-time maestro for the England team), DAVID MILLER (one of the best hitters in cricket), FAF DU PLESSIS (with his unparalleled consistency), etc. In the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.
