The 2019 ICC World Cup is going to be one of the biggest events in this year’s cricket calendar given the current form of many international players and teams. The recent records of teams like England, India, New Zealand, and South Africa have given some excitement to the upcoming tournament, as fans are discussing the winners.

There are many players who did well in the previous edition of the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand will feature in the 2019 World Cup as well. However, there will also be a focus on some of the players who made their debuts in past few years of international cricket. Such cricketers will be expected to light the competition on fire.

Though bowlers have been stars of many World Cup tournaments as mentioned before, this time the focus will be on the batsmen, who put up the runs on the board for the bowlers to defend. India’s Sachin Tendulkar leads the list with 2278 runs in 45 World Cup matches with 6 centuries. He also top-scored in two World Cups in 1996 and 2003 with a record 673 runs in 2003 World Cup, while Matthew Hayden from Australia scored 659 runs in 2007 edition of the ICC megaevent.

Clive Lloyd (1975) and Viv Richards (1979) of West Indies, Aravinda de Silva (1996) and Mahela Jayawardene (2011) of Sri Lanka, Ricky Ponting (2003) and Adam Gilchrist (2007) of Australia are the batsmen to score a century in the finals of a World Cup.

Keeping the same trend in mind, Team COC presents to you five batsmen who might be contenders for highest run-getter in the 2019 World Cup in England and Wales.

Here are the 5 leading contenders for highest run-getter in ICC 2019 World Cup