Cricket in 2023: Shubman Gill, Amelia Kerr and other top performers in One-Day Internationals

As far as cricket in the year 2023 is concerned, the 50-over One-Day International format hogged the spotlight more than the other two with the 13th edition of the ICC World Cup — cricket’s showpiece event — taking place in India in the months of October and November.

Australia ended up stopping hosts India in their tracks with a six-wicket victory in the final in Ahmedabad to win a record-extending sixth world title. The Rohit Sharma-led India had been having a brilliant run in that tournament by winning 10 consecutive matches in dominant fashion, only to loss the game that mattered the most. The tournament also witnessed South Africa register a series of solid performances only to suffer an all-too-familiar semi-final heartbreak.

Rewind 2023: India dominates all formats, only to miss out on ICC trophies

There were the giant-killing acts as well, such as Afghanistan’s victories over England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the World Cup later this year and nearly making the semi-finals Additionally, West Indies missing out on the ICC World Cup for the first time since the tournament’s inception in 1975, failing to secure a top-two finish in the Qualifier in Zimbabwe.

The Men’s Asia Cup was the other major ODI event that took place this year, which India ended up winning by thrashing Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the final in Colombo. The Men in Blue, in the process, won the Asia Cup for a record-extending eighth time — seventh in the ODI format besides their T20I title in 2016.

Rewind 2023: Looking back at cricket’s highs and lows this year through numbers

As the year draws to a close, we take a look at some of the top ODI performers from the year in both the men’s and women’s game.

Most runs

Men:

Shubman Gill (India): 1,584
Virat Kohli (India): 1,377
Rohit Sharma (India): 1,255
Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand): 1,204
Pathum Nissanka (Sri Lanka): 1,151

Women:

Amelia Kerr (New Zealand): 541
Phoebe Litchfield (Australia): 485
Ellyse Perry (Australia): 467
Fargana Hoque (Bangladesh): 460
Beth Mooney (Australia): 439

Most wickets:

Men:

Kuldeep Yadav (India): 49
Mohammed Siraj (India): 44
Mohammed Shami (India): 43
Sandeep Lamichhane (Nepal): 43
Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pakistan): 42

Women:

Ashleigh Gardner (Australia): 23
Nahida Akter (Bangladesh): 20
Nadine de Klerk (South Africa): 16
Lea Tahuhu (New Zealand): 15
Rabeya Khan (Bangladesh): 14

Winners of major events:

ICC Men’s ODI World Cup: Australia

ACC Men’s Asia Cup: India