World Cup 2023: Most Runs and Most Wickets after second semi-final between South Africa and Australia

The second semifinal of the ICC World Cup between South Africa and Australia at the Eden Gardens turned out to be a thriller. It was not a very high-scoring match as South Africa set a target of 213. However, the chase was not as smooth as it was supposed to be.

Quinton de Kock could add just 3 runs in his last ODI game while David Miller went on to score 101 and Henrich Klassen add 47 runs to take South Africa score to 212 in 49.4 overs. In response, Travis Head and David Warner gave good start to Australia with 62 and 29 runs respectively. It took them 47.2 overs to score the required run for the loss of 7 wickets.

Most Runs

Quinton de Kock ended the World Cup with 594 runs from 10 matches. Virat Kohli who still has one more game to play in the World Cup, is leading the batting table with 711 runs. Rachin Ravindra, Daryll Mitchell, and the Indian captain Rohit Sharma are the next highest run-scorers of the tournament so far.

Most Wickets

Adam Zampa failed to claim any wicket in the semi-final against South Africa. On the other hand, Gerald Coetzee took 2 wickets for 47 runs in 9 runs. Shami leads the table followed by Zampa in second place. They both have one match left in this tournament along with Jasprit Bumrah who is standing in fifth place. Gerald Coetzee is in fourth place with 20 wickets from eight games.