ODI World Cup: David Warner Joins Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma in Elite List

Australia opener David Warner has joined an elite list of players with another successful World Cup campaign with the bat. Warner, who is Australia’s one of most consistent performers in the white-ball cricket, has amassed 528 runs in 10 matches thus far in the ongoing ODI World Cup.

The southpaw has joined India batting superstars Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma in the list of players who have scored 500-plus in multiple editions of World Cups.

500-plus runs in two (or more) World Cup editions

• Sachin Tendulkar (1996 and 2003)
• Rohit Sharma (2019 and 2023)
• David Warner (2019 and 2023)

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The veteran Aussie opener scored 29 runs in the World Cup semi-final against South Africa on Thursday at Eden Gardens, while chasing a moderate target of 213 on a tricky batting surface.

Warner batted with an aggressive intent in the chase and smashed four sixes and a four during his 18-ball stay in the middle.

He shared a solid 60-run stand alongside Travis Head to set up the platform for the chase. Meanwhile, it was Aiden Markram who got the better of him with his off-break which deceived the southpaw and shattered the stumps.

Earlier, David Miller hit a defiant century to help rescue South Africa against Australia in the Cricket World Cup semi-finals on Thursday but the five-time champions will only chase a modest 213-run target to make the final.

Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc returned figures of 3-34 after South Africa had been reduced to 24-4 at one stage before Miller and Henrich Klaasen (47) staged a recovery under gloomy skies at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens.

The left-handed Miller reached his ton in 115 deliveries with a six off Pat Cummins but the Australian captain dismissed him two balls later on 101.

The innings folded soon after in 49.4 overs.

Cummins and Starc took three wickets each while fellow quick Josh Hazlewood and part-time spinner Travis Head bagged two apiece.

A slight drizzle had stopped play earlier for 30 minutes, but no overs were lost. Kolkata is experiencing unseasonal rainfall because of a depression in the Bay of Bengal, which has moved towards the coast.