The ICC World Cup is the biggest, most anticipated cricket tournament watched by millions of fans around the world. The world’s top ten teams will participate in the Cricket World Cup, held every four years.
Due to the prestigious nature of the tournament, the rewards are equally spectacular. It’s an honor for the team/country to lift the coveted silver and gold trophy after weeks of grueling, high-pressure competition.
But the trophy isn’t the only reward for the teams. The ICC also awards the players with the Golden Rod (top scorer), the Golden Ball (top catcher), Player of the Tournament and Player of the Match in the final match. conclude.
So there have been 12 World Cups so far and 12 players have won the ICC Golden Bat award for scoring the most points in a single season. You can check out the full list of ICC World Cup Golden Bat winners from 1975 to 2019 here.
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Winners of the World Cup Golden Stick (1975-2019)
India has the most Golden Bat winners at the ICC ODI World Cup. Three players (Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma) have won the baton for India a total of four times, of which Tendulkar won twice at the 1996 and 2003 World Cups.
New Zealand is second with three players on the list. The golden baton was awarded to Glenn Turner (1975), Martin Crowe (1992) and Martin Guptill (2015).
Sachin Tendulkar is the only player to have won the ICC Golden Bat more than once and also holds the record for most runs in a World Cup. The Indian tennis player accumulated a total of 673 runs in the 2003 World Cup and since then no player has surpassed him.
Here is the complete list of ICC Golden Bat winners from 1975 to 2019.
|
best scorer |
World Cup |
Running |
Earth |
|
Glenn Turner |
1975 |
333 |
New Zealand |
|
Gordon Greenidge |
1979 |
253 |
West Indies |
|
David Gower |
1983 |
384 |
England |
|
Graham Gooch |
1987 |
471 |
England |
|
Martin Crowe |
1992 |
456 |
New Zealand |
|
Sachin Tendulkar |
1996 |
523 |
India |
|
Rahul Dravid |
in 1999 |
461 |
India |
|
Sachin Tendulkar |
year 2003 |
673 |
India |
|
Matthew Hayden |
2007 |
659 |
Australia |
|
Tillakaratne Dilshan |
2011 |
500 |
Sri Lanka |
|
Martin Guptil |
2015 |
547 |
New Zealand |
|
Rohit Sharma |
2019 |
648 |
India |
Golden Bat 1975 Winner: Glenn Turner
Number of runs: 333
Country: New Zealand
Change: 4
Strike Rate: 68.51
Highest score: 171*
Golden Bat Winner 1979: Gordon Greenidge
Number of runs: 253
Country: West Indies
Change: 4
Eating rate: 62.31
Highest score: 106*
1983 Golden Bat Winner: David Gower
Number of runs: 384
Country: England
Change: 7
Strike Rate: 84.95
Highest point: 130
1987 Golden Bat Winner: Graham Gooch
Number of runs: 471
Country: England
Change: 8
Strike Rate: 70.29
Highest point: 115
Winner of Golden Bat 1992: Martin Crowe
Number of runs: 456
Country: Australia
Change: 9
Attack Rate: 90.83
Highest point: 100
1996 Golden Stick Winner: Sachin Tendulkar
Number of runs: 523
Country: India
Change: 7
Attack Rate: 85.85
Highest point: 137
1999 Golden Stick Winner: Rahul Dravid
Number of runs: 461
Country: India
Change: 8
Strike Rate: 85.52
Highest point: 145
2003 Golden Bat Award Winner: Sachin Tendulkar
Number of runs: 673
Country: India
Change: 11
Strike Rate: 89.25
Highest score: 152
2007 Golden Bat Award Winner: Matthew Hayden
Number of runs: 659
Country: Australia
Change: 10
Strike Rate: 101.07
Highest point: 158
2011 Golden Bat Winner: Tillakaratne Dilshan
Number of performances: 500
Country: Sri Lanka
Change: 9
Attack Rate: 90.74
Highest score: 144
2015 Golden Bat Winner: Martin Guptill
Number of runs: 547
Country: New Zealand
Change: 9
Strike Rate: 104.58
Highest score: 237*
Golden Bat 2019 Winner: Rohit Sharma
Number of runs: 648
Country: India
Change: 9
Strike Rate: 98.33
Highest point: 140
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