ICC World Cup 2019: Highest run scorers of the tournament

Before it started, the ICC World Cup 2019 was touted by experts as a tournament in which batsmen would score loads of runs and teams will frequently breach the total of 400. But this edition of the World Cup has witnessed a great balance between both bat and ball, with fights going to the wire. Here are the batsmen who have plundered runs with the willow and fetched victories for their respective teams.

5. Joe Root (England)

Joe Root has been the fulcrum of England's powerful batting line up so far in this World Cup. He has been a calm and composed figure at the number three position of his team's batting order. Strike rotationand elegant shots have been the hallmark of his batting in this tournament and it has helped him amass 500 runs in 9 matches at an average of 62.50 and a strike rate of 91.74, including two centuries and three half-centuries. His highest score of 107 came against Pakistan in a losing cause.

4. Aaron Finch (Australia)

The Australian captain has been in brilliant form with the bat in this World Cup. He has led the team by example, raking up 507 runs in 9 matches at an average of 56.33 and a strike rate of 102.21, including two centuries and three half-centuries. He smashed a massive 153 against Sri Lanka, his highest in this tournament so far. He and David Warner have forgedone of the most explosive opening stands of this World Cup.

3. Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)

Shakib Al Hasan has been a standout performer with the bat for Bangladesh. In a team where the other batsmenfailed to get big scores on a consistent basis, Shakib did well for his team by scoring 606 runs in 8 matches at an average of 86.57 and a strike rate of 96.03.

He is the first Bangladeshi batsman to cross the 600-run mark barrier in aWorld Cup. He notched up two centuries (vs England and West Indies) and his unbeaten 124 helped Bangladesh chase down West Indies' 322 with seven wickets to spare.

2. David Warner (Australia)

David Warner's form in the 2019 ICCWorld Cup does not give a hint of the fact that he was serving a one-year ban that ended just before the start of this tournament. The southpaw has raked up runs at will and that too in a measured and composed approach. Partnering Aaron Finch, he has given Australia devasting opening stands and laid the platform for a subsequent big total.

He has scored 638 runs in 9 matches at an average of 79.75 and a strike rate of 89.48, including three centuries. His highest score so far in thisWorld Cup came against Bangladesh when he smashed a brutal 166 off 147 balls to power his team to a massive score of 381.

1. Rohit Sharma (India)

Rohit Sharma is in the form of his life in this World Cup. He has scored 647 runs in 8 matches so far, at an astonishing average of 92.42 and a strike rate of 98.77. In the abscence of Shikhar Dhawan, he has taken up the responsibility of giving his team a solid start, and so far, he has done his job with aplomb.

He became the first batsman ever to score five centuries in a single edition of the World Cup. He has hit centuries versus South Africa, Pakistan, England, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. His best innings of the tournament came against Pakistan when he smashed 140 to take India to a mammoth total of 336.