Since the first ICC Cricket World Cup was held in England in 1975, nine more have pitted a total of 19 nations against each other in the exciting ODI format, the tenth being the ongoing 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. With the World Cup hype touching the skies, we decided to do a roundup of World Cup records. Following is a list of the ten highest individual runs scored in an ICC Cricket World Cup match.
Gary Kirsten – 188* (159)
Sourav Ganguly – 183 (158)
Viv Richards – 181 (125)
Kapil Dev – 175* (138)
Virender Sehwag – 175 (140)
Craig Wishart – 172* (151)
Glenn Turner – 171* (201)
Andrew Hudson – 161
Imran Nazir – 160 (121)
Matthew Hayden – 158 (143)