Top 5 Highest ODI World Cup Totals: Highest Team Totals In World Cup History
Top 5 Highest ODI World Cup Totals:
Many teams have shown great firepower and as a result, they have scored tons of runs in the World Cup matches but we have listed some of the highest team scores of the World Cup in this article.
Here we will talk about the top 5 highest ODI scores that are scored in the history of the ICC ODI Cricket World Cups.
HIGHEST TEAM TOTALS IN WORLD CUP HISTORY:
The team with the highest score in the history of the World Cup in ODI cricket is South Africa as they smashed 428/5 against Srilanka in the 2023 Cricket World Cup.
Three African players including de Kock, Rassie Dussen, and Aiden Markram scored quick-fire centuries as South Africa scored the highest-ever total in the history of the World Cups with 428 runs against Srilanka in India.
The team that features thrice in the list of the top 5 highest scores in the history of the World Cups is South Africa, which is also the team who have scored the most runs in the history of the World Cup.
Teams like India and Australia, we all know have a strong batting unit and also feature in this unique list of the highest team scores in the World Cup tournament.
Fans have witnessed many great batting performances from the teams in the past and here are the highest team totals in the history of the World Cups are as follows;
| TEAM | OPPONENT | SCORE | YEAR |
| SOUTH AFRICA | SRILANKA | 428/5 | 2023 |
| AUSTRALIA | AFGHANISTAN | 417/7 | 2015 |
| INDIA | BERMUDA | 413/5 | 2007 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | IRELAND | 411/4 | 2015 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | WEST INDIES | 408/5 | 2015 |
Furthermore, three of the top five highest team scores in the history of the World Cups came at the 2015 World Cup, two of those were scored by Africa and one was smashed by Aussies against Afghanistan.
