ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Pakistan Climb Up to 2nd in Points Table; Mohammad Rizwan Leads Run Tally, Mitchell Santner Top of Wickets' Charts

New Zealand continue to lead the ICC 2023 ODI World Cup points table as Pakistan climbed up to the second spot with a clinical win over Sri Lanka. England too registered their first win of their campaign, beating Bangladesh and jumping to fifth in the standings on Tuesday.

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South Africa and India, who both have a win from their first match, are third and fourth respectively. Australia, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, all yet to open their account in the tournament, were pushed down one spot each. The Netherlands, are rooted to the bottom of the points table, having lost both their matches so far.

Today’s World Cup Match Result

England beat Bangladesh by 137 runs

Reece Topley’s sensational bowling followed by Dawid Malan’s exceptional helped the defending champion England to secure a huge 137-run win over Bangladesh in their second 2023 ODI World Cup match here at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium.

Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets

Mohammad Rizwan battled severe cramps to smash an unbeaten century, while young Abdullah Shafique hit a maiden ton as Pakistan scripted a world-record chase to edge out Sri Lanka by six wickets in a high-scoring ODI to continue their winning run.

Top Run-scorer in Cricket World Cup 2023

Mohammad Rizwan and Kusal Mendis climbed to the top with the most runs in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. The Pakistan star has 199 runs, only one run more than his Sri Lankan counterpart. New Zealand opener Devon Conway is third with a total of 184. NZ’s Rachin Ravindra is fourth with 174 runs as Joe Root climbed into the top five, who has 159 runs.

Top Wicket-takers in Cricket World Cup 2023

Mitchell Santner continues to lead the most wicket list for ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, The New Zealand bowler has 7 wickets to his name as his compatriot Matt Henry is second on the list with 6 wickets. Pakistan’s Hasan Ali also has 6 wickets and sits in third. The Netherlands ‘ Basde Leede has 5 wickets to his name, sitting in fourth, as Haris Rauf also has the same number of wickets and is fifth.