After 40 games played across the West Indies and the USA, the group stage of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 has concluded. On June 19, the Super 8 round will kick off. The remainder of the tournament will be played only in the West Indies.
The group stage of the ongoing tournament was heavily tilted toward the bowlers: the pitches in the USA favored the pacers significantly, while those in the West Indies were spin-friendly. Thus, the tournament so far has been the lowest-scoring T20 World Cup ever, with a run rate of 6.71. The bowling average of 17.8 is the lowest in any T20 World Cup. Lockie Ferguson even bowled all four of his overs maidens against PNG.
Therefore, batters, especially those who batted in the USA leg, didn’t get to score many runs.
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T20 World Cup 2024 Top Scorer in Group Stage
Afghanistan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz is the highest scorer in the group stage of the T20 World Cup 2024. The right-hander scored 167 runs in four innings at an average of 41 and a strike rate of 150, with two fifties to his name.
Just behind Gurbaz is the West Indies’ Nicholas Pooran, who ended the group stage with a swashbuckling knock of 98 against Afghanistan. Pooran finished the group round with 164 runs, scoring at a strike rate of 150.
Australian middle-order batsman Marcus Stoinis is third on this list for most runs in the group stage. Stoinis, who hit two match-winning fifties, scored 156 runs in only three innings at an average of 78 and a terrific strike rate of 190.
Gurbaz’s opening partner, Ibrahim Zadran, is the fourth-highest scorer in the group round. Known for his classical style of play, Zadran scored 152 runs at an average of 38 and a strike rate of 124. He notched up one half-century.
The fifth-leading run-scorer of the group round in the T20 World Cup is Australia opener Travis Head. The southpaw scored 148 runs at a strike rate of 157, with one half-century to his name.
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