2015 ICC Cricket World Cup: Top 10 batsmen

The highest ever team total in a World Cup match. The highest score by any player in a World Cup match. The first 200 in World Cup history. Four consecutive centuries and five consecutive fifties. These are just some of the individual and team records created in the just concluded 2015 ICC World Cup. In a tournament that was dominated largely by the bat, a slew of records were broken by batsmen at the peak of their powers.So who were the 10 best batsmen in the tournament? How many players from the World Cup finalists feature in the list? Is there a place for an Indian in the list? For all of that, simply read on.

#10 Misbah-ul-Haq

Runs: 350, Average: 50, Strike Rate: 75.1

There are some players who get an easy ride, no matter what they do. Then there are others who simply can't catch a break and are criticised, even when they perform well. Misbah-ul-Haq falls under the latter category. Pakistan's captain called time on his ODI career on the back of a successful tournament in which he finished as the tenth-highest run scorer of the tournament.

On quite a few occasions, Misbah has been left to fight a lone war against the opposition and although he came out on top, he was still criticised for batting too slowly and not accelerating well enough. At 40, the right-hander will continue captaining the Test side and will be hoping for some sort of reprieve from the passionate Pakistani fans who had been calling for his head.