World Cup 2019: Three players who have carried their form from the IPL

We're a week away from the World Cup final and though the excitement is high, there is an overwhelming feeling that the four-month long cricketing extravaganza, which started in late March with the Indian Premier League 2019, is coming to an end.

The World Cup has been a grueling campaign for all the teams teams where a few have stood out from the rest and will take on each other in the knockout stage of the tournament. Table-toppers India will take on fourth-placed New Zealand at Old Trafford on July 9th while Australia will take on hosts England at Edgbaston on July 11th.

It will have been tough for some players to continue into the World Cup immediately after the IPL and some players who performed in the IPL have failed here, while some have done the exact opposite.

There have been some who have used the IPL as a launching pad for the World Cup and taken their form into the tournament. Let's take a look at three players who have carried their IPL form into the tournament.

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#3 Mohammed Shami (India)

Mohammed Shami's hat-trick helped India clinch victory over Afghanistan.

Mohammed Shami's comeback to the Indian team is one of the biggest positives for the side and the pacer has reveled in the World Cup picking up 14 wickets in just 4 games and become India's main strike bowler.

In IPL 2019, Shami had a very good season in contrast to the bad season his fellow bowlers had for Kings XI Punjab, picking up 19 wickets from 14 games, and was unlucky not to have picked up more. He was the main wicket-taker for skipper Ravichandran Ashwin and often bailed the team out of precarious positions.

Team India, however, preferred to play Bhuvneshwar Kumar in place of Shami in the early matches and only after he was injured did Shami come into the side. He got into business straightaway with two 4-wicket hauls and one five-wicket haul on the trot. He has the best bowling strike rate in the tournament, has a great bowling average of 13.78 and a decent economy of 5.48.

With a semi-final clash against New Zealand fast approaching, Shami will be looking to become instrumental in India's charge towards the semi-final.

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#2 Jonny Bairstow (England)

Jonny Bairstow's twin tons have propelled England to the semis.

Jonny Bairstow had a rather slow start to World Cup 2019 but the burly opener has come good for England at the right time scoring two consecutive hundreds and paving way for the two victories which enabled England to make it to the semi-finals.

This comes after a whirlwind opening season in IPL 2019 where he and David Warner broke innumerable records and were the main reason for Sunrisers Hyderabad making the playoffs. Bairstow was amazing from the word go and scored a staggering 445 runs from 10 innings averaging 55.62 at a great strike-rate of 157.24.

Though not right from the start, Bairstow has carried forward his IPL form to the World Cup scoring 462 runs from nine innings averaging 51.33 with two tons and two fifties.

England will want their premier opener to shine alongside Jason Roy and give a befitting reply to the Australian pace attack, to whom the hosts surrendered in the league game, when the two sides face off at Edgbaston, Birmingham on Thursday, June 11th .

#1 David Warner (Australia)

David Warner.

David Warner has made refreshing comeback to international cricket and has defined consistency with his performances in this World Cup. This comes directly after his stunning IPL performance which left the fans in awe as he walked away with the Orange Cap after a clinical performance with the bat.

He scored 692 runs from 12 innings making 8 fifties and one hundred scoring at an astounding average of 69.20 and a good strike-rate of 143.86 almost leading the side to the playoffs all by himself.

The form has manifested into a raging fire with Warner striking the ball cleanly and making runs at will for the Aussies in the Cup. Australia's rampant advance in the tournament can be attributed to Mitchell Starc's fiery bowling and the brilliant opening partnership between Warner and skipper Aaron Finch.

Warner has made 638 runs in 9 innings averaging 79.75 including a mammoth 166 against Bangladesh with three hundreds and 3 fifties.

His batting will be put to the test as Australia take on arch rivals England in the second semi-final.