Ahmedabad: India batter Virat Kohli went past former Australia captain Ricky Ponting to go second on the list of most runs in ODI World Cups during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 final against Australia on Sunday.

Moreover, India skipper Rohit Sharma crossed Sri Lanka great Kumar Sangakkara in the list to go fourth.

While Kohli surpassed Ponting with 1744 runs in 37 innings, Rohit surpassed Sangakkara with 1560 runs in 28 innings.

India batting legend Sachin Tendulkar, with 2278 runs in 44 innings, sits top, while Australia’s former captain Ponting is in third with 1743 runs in 42 innings.

Furthermore, Rohit also overtook New Zealand’s Kane Williamson to score the most World Cup runs in a single edition as captain during its Men's ODI World 2023 final against Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium.

Rohit went past Williamson with his 29th run to surpass his 578-run tally, which came in the 2019 edition. He got out on 47 in the 10th over by Glenn Maxwell to finish his campaign with 597 runs.

At the time of writing this report, India were 97-3 in 15 overs with Kohli (32*) and Kl Rahul (8*) batting.

Mitchell Starc continues to haunt Shubman Gill, claims exceptional figure against youngster

Ahmedabad: Mitchell Starc will continue to be Shubman Gill's nightmare as the youngster's horror run went on against the left-armer in the World Cup final at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday.

Gill has faced the left-arm pacer four times in the 50-over format and has been dismissed on three occasions. Against Starc, Gill has struggled to get past the 15-over mark, which further exemplifies the command the Australian has over the youngster.

In four innings, Gill has scored 38 runs in 45 balls and ended up getting dismissed three times. If Gill managed to hang on to his wicket, the opening pair could have set the record for the most partnership runs in a calendar year in ODIs.

Former skippers Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly hold the record since 1998 with a tally of 1,635 runs to their name. In the current calendar year, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill have amassed 1,523 runs. The Australian pair of Adam Gilchrist and Mark Waugh in 1999 put up 1,518 runs in a single calendar year.

Australia skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and put India to bat which has proved to be a fruitful decision in the first 11 overs.

Rohit stated that India would have wanted to bat but the Men in Blue lost three wickets in the first 11 overs.

After Gill lost his wicket, Rohit continued to bat in his usual style putting India in firm control. Virat Kohli joined the party, scoring two consecutive boundaries off Mitchell Starc.

But Rohit's heroics with the bat was brought to an end by Glenn Maxwell for a score of 47. Shreyas Iyer looked promising and opened his account with a four but skipper Pat Cummins got better of him at the end. (ANI)