World Cup 2019: Top 5 batsmen in the most runs battle

#4 Joe Root - England

Joe Root has started off the World Cup in fine fashion

One of England's most consistent batsmen over a long period of time, Joe Root made a decent start to the tournament with a 59-ball 51 against South Africa and followed it up with an important 104-ball 107 against Pakistan.

Root's century against Pakistan made him the first batsman to score a century in the 2019 World Cup but unfortunately, was not enough to take England across the line in their chase of a mammoth 349-run target.

However, against Bangladesh, Joe Root could not make the most of his time in the middle as he fell early to Saifuddin for just 21 runs. Yet, with a number of matches to come, Root can be expected to move up the ladder of most runs in this World Cup.

From three matches, Root has 179 runs at an average of 59.67 at a strike rate of 93.23 with one century and a half-century.