Kallis picks Buttler as leading run-scorer in World Cup 2023

Former South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis predicts that England captain Jos Buttler will be the leading run-scorer in the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 beginning on 5 October.

The defending champions England will play the opening game of the tournament against New Zealand in Ahmedabad.

In the video posted by ICC on their Instagram, the legendary all-rounder said, “I think Jos Buttler will be the leading run-scorer. An outside call, but I fancy him in those conditions. Along with England having a good World Cup, I think he is going to be the one guy that stands up.”

Buttler has 4647 runs in 138 One-Day Internationals (ODI) for England. He has 24 half-centuries and 11 tons to his name, with an average of 41.49 and a strike rate of 117.94.

He was instrumental in England’s World Cup victory in 2019. After Eoin Morgan retired from international cricket, he took over the captaincy.

In the 2019 ODI World Cup, he had scored 312 runs in nine innings, with one century and two fifties, including a knock of 59 in the final against New Zealand.

Buttler has captained England in 23 ODIs, winning 11 and losing 11.