Top 10 highest individual scores in Cricket World Cup

4. 183 Sourav Ganguly (India) vs Sri Lanka Taunton 1999

Sourav Ganguly took advantage of the very small ground at Taunton, England against Sri Lanka in the 1999 World Cup scoring a blistering 183 runs. He was joined in the party by Rahul Dravid who scored a brilliant 145 and was involved in the world record 318 run partnership.
Sourav Ganguly hit 7 sixes and 17 fours in his 183 and even the brilliance of Muralitharan and Vaas was not enough to contain the onslaught. Ganguly was particularly severe on Eric Upasantha who went for 80 runs in his 10 overs.