Age and injuries might have taken a toll on Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar’s reputation as the best batsman in the world but when it comes to the World Cup, the little master, just shy off 2000 runs in the quadrennial extravaganza, stands head and shoulders above them all.

Statistically speaking, on the grandest stage, Sachin proves himself the greatest, scoring whopping 1732 runs in 33 matches with a staggering average of 59.72 in the four World Cups he has played so far. Whereas former Pakistani batsman Javed Miandad is a distant second with 1083 runs in 33 matches with an average of 43.32.

Next in the list is Sri Lankan Aravinda D Silva (1064) followed by West Indian Vivian Richards (1017) and Aussie Mark Waugh (1004). These three are the only other batsmen to have scored more than 1,000 runs in the competition apart from Sachin.

Among the present lot, Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting is closest to Sachin having scored 998 runs in 28 matches with an average of 41.58 runs per innings. On the other hand, West Indian skipper Brain Lara also makes his presence felt with 956 runs in 25 matches.

Via: Sify