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It would not be wrong to say that after the conclusion of the 17th edition of the IPL (Indian Premier League), everybody thought there would be high-scoring games in the 9th edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, which was to begin just after the IPL 2024. However, things were completely different in the marquee event, where low-scoring were played and bowlers used to get a lot of advantage from the pitch. Irrespective of this, there were several batters, who saw dominating bowlers with their exceptional batting skills. Through this article, we are going to talk about best batters from the T20 World Cup 2024
Top 3 batters from the T20 World Cup 2024
1. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
On number 1, we have a batsman who showed his class on an international stage and played a crucial role in taking his team to the first semi-final of ICC events. Yes! It's no other than the leading run-scorer of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who scored 281 runs in 8 games with an average of 35, having 3-half centuries to his name.
The young batter showed his aggressive intent while opening the innings of the Afghanistan national cricket team. He played a match-winning knock against New Zealand and Australia, which helped them to create history by defeating them for the first time in international cricket. However, he couldn't take his team to the finals but was one of the best finds from the tournament.
2. Rohit Sharma
Indian cricket team ended their 17-year title drought by defeating South Africa in the finals by 7 runs at Barbados Stadium in Kingstowne and the credit for India's undefeated performance definitely goes to captain Rohit Sharma, who not only led his team and made some crucial decision in pressure situations but also gave a solid start to the Indian team throughout the tournament.
Rohit was the second-highest scorer of the T20 World Cup after Afghanistan's Rahmanullah Gurbnaz he scored 257 runs in 8 matches with an average of 36, having 3 half-centuries to his name on a strike rate of 150 plus. Rohit's crucial knocks in the much-needed win match against Australia against England in the semi-final helped the Indian team in the finals of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
3. Travis Head
Travis Head was the talk of the town since the start of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup due to his brilliant form in the 17th edition of the IPL (Indian Premier League) from Sunrisers Hyderabad, where he scored most runs from the team and gave a solid start to the team throughout the tournament, which helped them to reach in the finals of the IPL 2024.
After finishing the Indian Premier League 2024 with 567 runs in 15 games with an average of 40 with 1 hundred and 4 half-centuries to his name. The destructive Australian batter continued with his brilliant form and scored 255 runs in 7 games with an average of 42, having 2 half-centuries to his name. He was the leading run-scorer from the Australian team.
Apart from these 3 batters, several names impressed everyone with their exceptional batting skills and played a crucial role for their team in the 9th edition of the T20 World Cup, from Afghanistan Ibrahim Zadran to USA's ASG Gous.