Top 5 active players with the highest batting average in ICC World Cup history

#3 Faf du Plessis (South Africa) - 53.90

Faf Du Plessis during Australia vs South Africa - 3rd ODI last year

Faf du Plessis has been one of the linchpins of Proteas batting line-up over the last few years and has been leading his team from the front. He has played several crucial knocks coming in at one down and is expected to be South Africa's mainstay in the batting line-up during the upcoming World Cup in the absence of the retired AB de Villiers.

He has played 14 World cup matches and scored 539 runs at an impressive average of 53.90, including a solitary century and 4 fifties. He scored his WC runs at a strike rate of 84.48

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#2 Steve Smith (Australia) - 56.87

Steve Smith

Former Australian captain Steve Smith has participated in 2(2011, 2015) World Cup tournaments in his career so far. He is currently serving a ban due to his involvement in the Sandpaper Gate incident and is expected to make his international cricket return in time to participate in the upcoming World Cup and strengthen the fragile Aussies batting department going into the tournament.

He has played 14 World cup matches and scored 455 runs at an impressive average of 56.87, including a solitary century and 4 fifties. He scored his WC runs at a strike rate of 92.85