Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) Sri Lankan opener Tillakaratne Dilshan leads the list of highest run-scorers in the 2011 Cricket World Cup ahead of the final against India in Mumbai Saturday.
Dilshan has amassed 467 runs from his eight innings. India’s batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar is three runs behind with 464 runs off eight innings.
India’s Virender Sehwag (380 runs off 7 innings) and Yuvraj Singh (341 runs off 7 innings) are at the sixth and eighth positions.
Captain Kumar Sangakarra and opener Upul Tharanga are other Sri Lankan players to be among the top 10 runs scorers. Sangakkara is at fourth place (417 runs off 7 innings) and Tharanga at fifth (393 runs off 8 innings).
Player Mat Inns Runs Hs Ave 100 50
1. Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) 8 8 467 144 66.71 2 2
2. Sachin Tendulkar (India) 8 8 464 120 58.00 2 2
3. Jonathan Trott (Eng) 7 7 422 92 60.28 0 5
4. Kumar Sangakkara (SL) 8 7 417 111 104.25 1 3
5. Upul Tharanga (SL) 8 8 393 133 65.50 2 1
6. Virender Sehwag (India) 7 7 380 175 54.28 1 1
7. AB de Villiers (SA) 5 5 353 134 88.25 2 1
8. Yuvraj Singh (India) 8 7 341 113 85.25 1 4
9. Andrew Strauss (Eng) 7 7 334 158 47.71 1 1
10. Brad Haddin (Aus) 7 6 332 88 55.33 0 4
