New Zealand batter Rachin Ravindra broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record for the most runs scored in a single edition of the Cricket World Cup before turning 25 during Thursday’s match against Sri Lanka in Bengaluru.
Ravindra, who was 23 at the time, surpassed Tendulkar’s mark of 523 runs set in the 1996 World Cup with a clip off Maheesh Theekshana in the second innings.
Ravindra had already accumulated 523 runs in eight innings at an average of 74.71 before Thursday’s match, making him the leading Kiwi run-scorer in the tournament. He struck three hundreds and two fifties during his record-breaking campaign.
Ravindra also surpassed Jonny Bairstow for the most runs in a maiden World Cup edition. Bairstow had managed 532 runs in 11 innings during the 2019 tournament, which England won.