Multiple choice general knowledge

Who scored most runs in a ODI match in a losing side?

  1. Sachin Tendulkar

  2. Ricky Ponting

  3. Charles Coventry

  4. Mathew Hayden

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Charles Coventry of Zimbabwe scored 194 runs against Bangladesh in 2009, which is the highest individual ODI score by a batsman on the losing side. Despite his monumental effort, Zimbabwe lost the match. The other options are incorrect: Tendulkar's highest is 175*, Ponting scored 164, and Hayden's highest is 181*, but none of these were in losing causes.