5 Batsmen To Watch Out For In The 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup

Cricket action has come so thick and fast in the last three years that the final between England and New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup seems like a forgotten memory.

The final on 14th July 2019 was the perfect ending to an outstanding campaign as England was crowned World Champions for the first time.

Now, the 2023 edition is upon us and many teams would be striving to be the best on the planet once again. However, there are a few up-and-coming batsmen who can go a long way in terms of becoming a cricketing influence in their country.

Can they start their journey in the 2023 ICC World Cup? Only time will tell but they have a massive chance of establishing their careers in the best possible manner.

2023 ICC World Cup Focus Players - Yashasvi Jaiswal

Jaiswal has been in the news ever since his triple-hundred in the Giles Shield match in 2015. The left-handed batsman scored an unbeaten 319 and was identified by the Limca Book of Records.

After getting selected for the Mumbai Under-16s squad in the U19s, he made his opportunity count by becoming the highest scorer of the tournament (318 runs). He wasn't finished here in the slightest.

After his remarkable performances in his youth career, he earned a call to be in India's squad for the U19 World Cup in 2020. He became the highest scorer in the tournament and scored a century against arch-rivals Pakistan.

Yashasvi Jaiswal has had two reasonable reasons with Rajasthan Royals in the IPL so far. In the 2021 season with the 2008 IPL champions, he scored 249 runs in 10 innings, with one half-century. In the 2022 season, he scored 258 runs in 10 innings for Rajasthan, with two more fifties to his name.

2023 ICC World Cup Focus Players - Tristan Stubbs

You may have seen the acrobatic catch by Stubbs recently against England, which has blown over the entire Internet.

However, the good news for South African fans is that fielding is not the only attribute that Stubbs has. He has got bags of batting potential and has the capability of becoming South Africa's main batting asset for years to come.

The right-handed batsman has made 465 runs in eight first-class innings at an average of 46.50 for Eastern Province. He has made two first-class centuries so far in his career with his highest score being 132.

The biggest development of his career has come in the T20 format. Ever since he signed for Mumbai Indians in the 2022 IPL, his career has hit another gear. The right-handed batsman has played 23 T20 games so far in his career.

Stubbs' international debut came against India in the opening T20 game of the five-match series. However, he didn't do too much in the game apart from taking Ishan Kishan's catch.

In his T20 career so far, Stubbs has scored 595 runs with an average of 37.18. He has made four half-centuries so far in the shortest format of the game with the highest score of 80.

With the T20 World Cup around the corner and the 50-over World Cup coming next year, the South African cricket board may have to keep their eyes on the 21-year-old's evolution.

2023 ICC World Cup Focus Players - Josh Philippe

Despite being 25 and having a lack of matches for Australia, Philippe has done more than enough in the other domestic leagues and in his first-class career to establish himself as a permanent starter. It is all about seizing the moment.

Philippe's career started in a warm-up match against England for the 2017-18 Ashes, where he scored 88 runs off 92 balls. Based on this knock, the 25-year-old made his T20 debut against Perth Scorchers in the 2017 Big Bash League (BBL).

Even though he is yet to make a substantial score in his international career so far with the Kangaroos, the wicket-keeper batsman has scored 15 half-centuries in his domestic T20 career.

Moreover, he has scored two centuries and 12 half-centuries in his first-class career.

2023 ICC World Cup Focus Players - Michael Bracewell

How Bracewell has performed so far for New Zealand, you wonder why the Kiwis have wasted him for so long. At the age of 31, the left-handed batsman has only played 15 international matches across all formats.

In the five innings he has played in the ODIs, he already has a hundred to his name. In a dramatic match against Ireland, Bracewell scored a career-best knock of 127 as the Black Caps clinched the game in the final over.

Despite not featuring much for New Zealand, Bracewell has plenty of matches under his belt for Wellington.

He has played 16 matches so far for the Firebirds, scoring 598 runs with an average of 59.80. His highest score was 141, which came against Central Districts. Overall, Bracewell has played more than 100 matches in the T20 format, with 2,253 runs to his name.

2023 ICC World Cup Focus Players - Ollie Pope

Pope is a player that has already established his name in the English ranks despite being only 24.

Despite playing only 27 tests and producing brilliant performances in the T20 and County Championship, the right-handed batsman is on the lips of every English and Surrey fan right now.

Pope's breakthrough came in 2018 when he won Surrey's Player of the Year (POTY) award with an average of 70. As a result of his consistent performances in the English county, he made his test debut for the Three Lions in 2018 against India.

Pope has scored over 3,000 runs for Surrey and 4,914 runs in his first-class career so far. The big moment for the 24-year-old came against South Africa. Despite missing the first test against Proteas through illness, he made his mark in the first innings of the second test.

He scored an unbeaten 61 in the first innings of the second test and followed it up with his first international century against South Africa in the third test.

He made his career-best test score of 145 against New Zealand in the 2022 series. He has seven half-centuries to go with his two tons so far for England.

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