South Africa just registered the highest score by a team in the ODI World Cup. Against Sri Lanka, the proteas created history and broke the record for the previous highest total in the ODI World Cup. In Arun Jaitley stadium, Delhi, the Sri Lankan bowlers had no answers to the South African batters, who were on a different level. Three batters scored a hundred for South Africa in the match. Here are the top 5 highest scores in the ODI World Cup.
5. South Africa’s 408 against West Indies in 2015
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In the 2015 ODI World Cup, there were 3 instances of 400+ totals being posted by the teams. This was probably the best of them. Against the West Indies, South African batters unleashed their beast mode and registered a mammoth total of 408 runs. On a good batting surface in Sydney, the South African batters showed no mercy to the bowlers of the former world champions. Ab De Villiers was fabulous and scored 162 runs in 66 balls.
