The ODI World Cup 2023 has finally been concluded with new champions in Pat Cummins' Australia as they defeated India by six wickets in the final on November 19, Sunday.
The saying 'Catches win matches' is quite famous in cricket. Good fielding and catches can turn the tide of any match. In this World Cup too, there were many matches where catches completely turned the game around. Talking about the top 10 players with the most catches in this tournament, there is only two Indian in the top 10, while there are two players from Australia. The top spot is occupied by a star players from New Zealand.
New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell has taken the highest number of 11 catches in 10 matches in the ODI World Cup 2023. He took three catches in just one match.
Meanwhile, Australia's Marnus Labuschagne is in second place in terms of most catches in this tournament. He has taken a total of 8 catches in 11 matches.
Australia's star player David Warner, as good a batsman as he is, is equally brilliant as a fielder. It's almost impossible for him to drop a catch. Even in the last phase of his career, he is the third highest catcher in this World Cup, having taken 8 wickets in 11 matches.
South Africa's David Miller has taken a total of 7 catches in 10 matches in this tournament. He too has taken some amazing catches.
India's Ravindra Jadeja has taken 7 wickets in 11 matches.
Following Jadeja, are England's Ben Stokes, Netherlands' SA Engelbrecht, India's Shubman Gill, New Zealand's Devon Conway and Australia's Mitchell Starc who are sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th respectively in the most catches list.
Here's a top 10 list of players with most catches in the ODI World Cup 2023:
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | Ct | Max | Ct/Inn |
| DJ Mitchell (NZ) | 2023-2023 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1.1 |
| M Labuschagne (AUS) | 2023-2023 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0.727 |
| DA Warner (AUS) | 2023-2023 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0.727 |
| DA Miller (SA) | 2023-2023 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0.7 |
| RA Jadeja (IND) | 2023-2023 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0.636 |
| BA Stokes (ENG) | 2023-2023 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| SA Engelbrecht (NED) | 2023-2023 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0.75 |
| Shubman Gill (IND) | 2023-2023 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0.666 |
| DP Conway (NZ) | 2023-2023 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0.6 |
| MA Starc (AUS) | 2023-2023 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0.6 |
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