(29 Jan) ICC U19 World Cup 2024 Players with Most Runs and Most Wickets: The Group Stage of the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2024 is over and now 12 Qualified teams are heading to the Super-6 stage. Indian and Pakistani Players are bossing the ICC U19 World Cup 2024 in terms of runs scored and wickets taken. Here we are with the list of players with the most runs and most wickets in the ICC U19 World Cup 2024.
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The Defending Champions India are on a roll yet another time. New young faces, reciting new stories to add another cup to the cabin. India U19 have played three matches in the group stage and won all three. They first met Bangladesh U19, where they batted first and scored 251 runs and later successfully defended the total with 84 runs left.
Next, they played Ireland U19 and USA U19 and soundly won both matches with exactly 201 runs. India U19 ended the group stage with being on the top of Group A and now they are in Group 1 of the Super-6 stage along with Pakistan U19, New Zealand U19, Bangladesh U19, Nepal U19, and Ireland U19.
Pakistan U19 have also impressed. They were placed in Group D and played three matches in the Group stage. Winning all three with impressive batting and bowling skills, they ended up being at the top of Group D. Now they are in Group 1 for the Super-6 round.
Australia U19 registered the highest margin victory of this season when they defeated Zimbabwe by 225 runs in a group stage match. They have also won all three matches with completed command. They were placed in Group C in the group stage and now they have a spot in Group 2 for the Super-6.
Group B was the only group where all four teams lost at least one game in the group stage. South Africa ended up being at the top of Group B after the Group stage and they now feature in Group 2 for the Super-6 stage.
Down below are the list of players with the most runs and most wickets in the ICC U19 World Cup 2024:
Most Runs: ICC U19 World Cup 2024 – Player Rankings 1-10
The batting Tally is led by Pakistani Left-handed opener Shahzaib KHAN. He has been exceptional right from the start of the tournament. He scored an amazing hundred in the opening match of Pakistan against Afghanistan. He then scored a slow 37 against Nepal but his blistering 80 off 86 against New Zealand led him to the top of the ICC U19 World Cup 2024 most runs tally.
West Indies’ Jewel Andrew is next on the list. Musheer Khan is the third most run scorer in the tournament and the highest from the Indian contingent. He has scored 194 runs in the tournament till now after the group stage. Indian Skipper Uday Saharan is also on the list of TOP 10 most run scorers. Uday has scored 174 runs for India at an average of 58 and placed 6th on the list.
| Pos | Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Bat Avg | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shahzaib KHAN | PAKISTAN U19 | 3 | 3 | 111.50 | 223 |
| 2 | Jewel ANDREW | WEST INDIES U19 | 3 | 3 | 98.00 | 196 |
| 3 | Musheer KHAN | INDIA U19 | 3 | 3 | 64.66 | 194 |
| 4 | Dewan MARAIS | SOUTH AFRICA U19 | 3 | 3 | 93.50 | 187 |
| 5 | Jamie DUNK | SCOTLAND U19 | 3 | 3 | 62.33 | 187 |
| 6 | Uday SAHARAN | INDIA U19 | 3 | 3 | 58.00 | 174 |
| 7 | Ben MCKINNEY | ENGLAND U19 | 3 | 3 | 54.00 | 162 |
| 8 | Ariful ISLAM | BANGLADESH U19 | 3 | 3 | 52.33 | 157 |
| 9 | Steve STOLK | SOUTH AFRICA U19 | 3 | 3 | 51.66 | 155 |
| 10 | Snehith REDDY | NEW ZEALAND U19 | 2 | 2 | 154.00 | 154 |
Most Wickets: ICC U19 World Cup 2024 – Player Rankings 1 – 10
Pakistani Players are ruling both sections. Ubaid Shah from Pakistan is the most wicket-taker bowler after 3 matches. He picked up 9 wickets in the group stage against New Zealand U19, Nepal U19, and Afghanistan U19. He is followed by India spinner Saumy Pandey with 8 wickets.
Naman Tiwari, the left-hand pacer from India is also there in the list at number 4 with 8 wickets. Khalil Ahmed of Afghanistan U19 have also picked up 8 wickets and bowled with a strike rate of 18 which equals Naman Tiwari’s numbers.
| Pos | Player | Team | Wickets | Matches | Overs | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ubaid SHAH | PAKISTAN UNDER-19 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 16.00 |
| 2 | Saumy PANDEY | INDIA UNDER-19 | 8 | 3 | 28.5 | 21.62 |
| 3 | Khalil AHMED | AFGHANISTAN UNDER-19 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 18.00 |
| 4 | Naman TIWARI | INDIA UNDER-19 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 18.00 |
| 5 | Aakash CHAND | NEPAL UNDER-19 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 18.75 |
| 6 | Vishwa LAHIRU | SRI LANKA UNDER-19 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 18.85 |
| 7 | Callum VIDLER | AUSTRALIA UNDER-19 | 7 | 2 | 17.1 | 14.71 |
| 8 | Kwena MAPHAKA | SOUTH AFRICA UNDER-19 | 7 | 3 | 25.1 | 21.57 |
| 9 | Maruf MRIDHA | BANGLADESH UNDER-19 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 17.14 |
| 10 | Arafat MINHAS | PAKISTAN UNDER-19 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15.00 |
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