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Can Virat Kohli score 1000 runs in World Cup 2019 in 11 matches if India reach the final?

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Every cricketer dreams to score big runs in World cup. Some are unsuccessful in their efforts due to bad form or good bowling. But those who succeed in doing so get their names etched in World cup and cricket history.

Here are 10 such players with most runs in a single World cup:

1. Sachin Tendulkar (India) 673 runs – 2003 World Cup
2. Matthew Hayden (Australia) 659 runs – 2007 World Cup
3. Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) 548 runs 2007 World Cup
4. Martin Guptill (New Zealand) 547 runs – 2015 World Cup
5. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) 541 runs – 2015 World Cup
6. Ricky Ponting (Australia) 539 runs – 2007 World Cup
7. Sachin Tendulkar (India) 523 runs – 1996 World Cup
8. Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) 500 runs – 2011 World Cup
9. Scott Styris (New Zealand) 499 runs – 2007 World Cup
10. Jacques Kallis (South Africa) 485 runs – 2007 World Cup

In 2018 the Kohli has scored 1046 runs at an average of 149.42, at a strike rate of 103.87 including five hundreds from 11 innings. The real worry for his opponents is that he is actually getting better.

So the question is if Kohli carry the same form in 2019 World cup Can he become the first in the history of cricket World Cup to hit 1000 run in single edition...
 
The highest is 673.So, isn't 1000 a bit too much of expectations?

Also, number of matches along with those stats will give us even better idea.
 
Nope won't happen. He might score 2 or 3 back to back centuries but doing 1k in worldcup isn't joke. England, Austrilia, South Africa will come hard at him and yes he will score but 1k is too much for worldcup. Maybe 700-800 is possible for him though.
 
Yes 1000 is a very big number
But if kohli able to hit the form he is currently in you can't say...
 
No but he can top Sachin's record of 673. Because of the format there won't be much scope for minnow bashing this time around.
 
No. 500 is a good and realistic achievement. That would mean realistically 2 100s, 4 50s and a couple of smaller contributions. Still 6 50+ out of 8-9 possible innings.
 
The runs have gone up in ODIs recently exponentially so I am expecting at-least a few additions to this particular list. 1000 runs might still be too much though.
 
Possible if we bat first in all the matches but our first choice bowling line up has been pretty effective lately and I'm sure they'll restrict the opposition to sub-250 totals in at least 4 of the 9 groupstage matches and the opening pair of Rohit-Dhawan tends to perform in ICC tournaments
 
Sam99 said:
Nope won't happen. He might score 2 or 3 back to back centuries but doing 1k in worldcup isn't joke. England, Austrilia, South Africa will come hard at him and yes he will score but 1k is too much for worldcup. Maybe 700-800 is possible for him though.
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This year Kohli has scored 1046 runs from 11 matches against South Africa (6 matches), England (3 matches), and WI (2 matches). At the world cup he'll face South Africa, Australia, NZ, Pakistan, Afghanistan, WI, England, Bangladesh, and SL (along with 2 other matches). I don't see why he can't continue this form next year, especially since he'll have 4 easy matches against Afg/WI/Ban/SL (assuming India bats first).
 
Can he score in semi final and final if we reach knock out stages? If he does that, any doubts about him being GOAT will get answered.

So far he averages 22 in tournament finals which is unacceptable and a real dark spot in an otherwise phenomenal career.
 
Peshwa said:
Every cricketer dreams to score big runs in World cup. Some are unsuccessful in their efforts due to bad form or good bowling. But those who succeed in doing so get their names etched in World cup and cricket history.

Here are 10 such players with most runs in a single World cup:

1. Sachin Tendulkar (India) 673 runs – 2003 World Cup
2. Matthew Hayden (Australia) 659 runs – 2007 World Cup
3. Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) 548 runs 2007 World Cup
4. Martin Guptill (New Zealand) 547 runs – 2015 World Cup
5. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) 541 runs – 2015 World Cup
6. Ricky Ponting (Australia) 539 runs – 2007 World Cup
7. Sachin Tendulkar (India) 523 runs – 1996 World Cup
8. Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) 500 runs – 2011 World Cup
9. Scott Styris (New Zealand) 499 runs – 2007 World Cup
10. Jacques Kallis (South Africa) 485 runs – 2007 World Cup

In 2018 the Kohli has scored 1046 runs at an average of 149.42, at a strike rate of 103.87 including five hundreds from 11 innings. The real worry for his opponents is that he is actually getting better.

So the question is if Kohli carry the same form in 2019 World cup Can he become the first in the history of cricket World Cup to hit 1000 run in single edition...
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He could have, but now you jinxed him!
 
Don't see it happening. He can finish as the top scorer in the tournament though.
 
It’s going to require openers getting out in the first 10 overs nearly every game.

Rohit and dhawan are the best openers in the world, so that happening is extremely unlikely.

I think it’s not can kohli score 1k in the World Cup.

I think the question would be would kohli come I early enough to have the overs to score enough to get to 1k.
 
Of course not, it's possible he breaks 700.

Then again, it wont be saying much as runs have inflated. Teams and players score more, today nearly every half decent batsmen averages 40s.
 
Expect great things from this guy. He knows that he messed up in 2015 and is truly the best in the world now. He knows he wont be considered a GOAT with out that SF or Final hundred. ALong the way, he will notch a few hundreds and will score around 8 to 9 hundred runs
 
It is theoretically possible.
Ofcourse it is also possible that he has an Inzy-esque run and scores less than 100 runs in whole tournament.

Both outcomes have similiar chances of occurring i.e. very very slim
 
The chance of Kohli making 1000 runs are the same as Shahid Afridi coming out of retirement to hit the winning runs in the WC Final, although I do think he can break Tendulkar's record.
 
Very unlikely on such a big stage but he has managed to do it in regular matches. That alone is ridiculously impressive.

In 11 matches = 1,046 runs

In 13 matches = 1,266 runs

In 15 matches = 1,416 runs

Incredible batsman.
 
Scoring that many England is harder compared to high altitude grounds in SA/ true flat wickets in India. But you still have to step up with focus. This guy is bloody focused in any form of cricket. So that won't be an issue. He can make 500.
 
Don't care who wins the world cup, but hoping kohli is the top scorer and adds more statistical records.
 
Virat Kohli, the India captain, put over the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup as the pinnacle of the sport, but placed India’s Test series victory in Australia on the same pedestal as their triumph in the 2011 edition of the flagship tournament.

Kohli’s India registered the country's first-ever Test series win in Australia, when they famously edged out the hosts 2-1 earlier this year. It was India's maiden triumph in 12 attempts.

“I would put the win in Australia at par with the World Cup,” Kohli told the Times of India. “Look, you cannot place a World Cup win below anything else. It is a global tournament, and the significance and the charm of the tournament is something else. It is always going to be the most important tournament in world cricket. But if you look at the challenges that Test cricket brings, if you look at the fact that we had never ever done something like this in Australia before, then this becomes supremely significant too.”

Kohli will lead an Indian team that is arguably one of the strongest contenders for the title at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019. India are the No.2-ranked ODI side in the world, and have among the most well-rounded outfits in the tournament, alongside the hosts England. According to Ravi Shastri, the coach, the partnership between himself and the captain has been one of the reasons behind that success.

“The hallmark of any successful team, or a great team, is the relationship between the captain, coach and the support system working around it,” he said. “It becomes extremely important, because when two individuals are on the same page - and luckily, Virat and me are pretty similar in the way we think, aggressive in the way we think - that's the time when you got to take your chances. That's precisely what we've tried to do over the last three-four years and the performances speak across all formats. It holds us in good stead for the World Cup too.”

Kohli has himself been at the forefront of India’s transformation into a world-beating unit. He is currently the top-ranked batsman in both Tests and ODIs, and has been a relentless run-scorer for the team across formats.

That vein of form has run alongside exponential gains on the fitness front, and Shastri said that the transformation began four years ago, when India last toured Australia. “When he got those four hundreds, you could see a sudden desire in him to strive for absolute perfection, without cutting any corners. The idea was simple: there was going to be no room for excuses, nothing at all.

“You could see him telling himself out there, ‘I want to be the best in the world. But for me to be the best in the world across all formats, I have to do this, no compromise. If it means I have to be the fittest, if I have to sacrifice certain things, I'll do it.’ That's how he set himself on the path. And over the course of time, I think that rubbed off on the rest of the team.”

In no department has that effect been felt more than in the bowling. India now boast perhaps their most potent attack in all formats. While Bhuvneshwar Kumar is a master of swing bowling, Jasprit Bumrah is unerringly accurate, and wrist-spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal are strike weapons. Three of those bowlers - Bumrah, Chahal and Kuldeep - are also among the top ten bowlers in the format, with Bumrah holding the top spot.

Kohli is now set to captain at the World Cup for the first time, but he will also have some reliable sounding boards for making important decisions. “MS Dhoni is among the smartest guys in the game. Behind the stumps, he's priceless. It gives me the freedom to do my thing,” he said. “Someone like MS is around with a wealth of experience and we're richer with it.

“MS and Rohit - the way they've gone about with their respective roles as captains [in the IPL] speaks volumes of what they bring to the table. MS, in particular, has a legacy. So it augurs well for this team to have both of them in a leadership role. That's why the team management decided to have a strategy pool in place, which MS and Rohit are a part of, along with us.”

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1221311
 
You're asking him to score a century in every match. By the law of stats, highly unlike. Probability is always there, but won't likely. 700 ish is more of a realistic demand.
 
Anything 500+ are very good returns. Its averaging 50 and that's excellent average. Most batsmen dont average that over their careers.

This WC particularly doesn't have any minnows. So, scoring that bonus 150 against Namibia will not be an option.
 
If he can score 2 double tons or 3 x 150+ scores then yes, but even for him this is some mission. If anyone can do it though it is Kohli.
 
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