Indian Batters in 2023: The men in blue side did lose the final of the ODI World Cup 2023 and that too after they won 11 matches on the trot. Despite that, one cannot take away the performance of the team in the fifty overs format.
India was good in this form of the game. They have recorded 27 wins in 2023, which is the second most after Australia’s 30 wins in 2003.
The year 2023 started off with the series win against the Lankans and The Kiwis at home. Sri Lanka was the first team to tour India in 2023 and New Zealand was the next team to do so.
India had won both those series of the fifty overs format with ease and they also won the ODI series against the Windies in the Caribbean.
India had also performed well and won their eighth title of the Asia Cup which was played in hybrid mode. Pakistan and Sri Lanka were the hosts of that Asian Championship this year.
In all the matches of the ODI Asia Cup 2023, the men in blue side gave a dominant performance. In the finals, India bundled out Sri Lanka for just 50 runs and won that encounter by 10 wickets.
Indi lost just one ODI series which was against Australia and they ended the 2023 with a series win over the Proteas. India is currently in South Africa for their tour across the three forms of the game.
Under KL Rahul's captaincy India won the three-match ODI series by a margin of 2-1 in the Proteas Nation against the hosts, South Africa.
The men in blue side gave many dominant performances with the bat in hand. The Indian batters slammed many records in 2023. There were 19 centurions from batters of Team India in 2023 which is the joint most of their own record of 2017.
Virat Kohli’s 50th ODI Ton broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar's feat was the most cherished one in 2023.
India had also smashed 250 maximums in 2023 and they are the first side to reach this milestone this year in one-day international format. Skipper Rohit Sharma had smashed 67 sixes to his name in the fifty overs format this year which is the most by any player in a calendar year. Ro-HIT Sharma is the new sixer king at the international level.
2281 runs have been added by the Indian batters as the partnerships which is also the highest run aggregate for the opening wicket. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill have been the best Indian openers in 2023.
The openers of the men in blue side have scored 1523 runs as the partners which is the second highest after Sachin and Sourav in ODI Cricket.
Here are the five best Indian batters with the most runs in 2023 in the fifty overs format –
Runs – 1585
Innings – 29
Hundreds – 5
50’s – 9
Average – 63.36
Strike Rate – 105.45
Highest Score – 208 Runs
Runs – 1377
Innings – 24
Hundreds – 6
50’s – 8
Average – 72.47
Strike Rate – 99.13
Highest Score – 166* Runs
Runs – 1255
Innings – 26
Hundreds – 2
50’s – 9
Average – 52.29
Strike Rate – 117.07
Highest Score – 131 Runs
Runs – 1060
Innings – 24
Hundreds – 2
50’s – 7
Average – 66.25
Strike Rate – 87.74
Highest Score – 111* Runs
Runs – 846
Innings – 19
Hundreds – 3
50’s – 4
Average – 52.87
Strike Rate – 112.5
Highest Score – 126* Runs