diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a31f2cb..1c71c86 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ under [the specified folder](examples/with-sasl-plaintext) and then start the ap
 | `retryConfiguration.sasl.password`               | SCRAM OR PLAIN password                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                             |
 | `retryConfiguration.skipMessageByHeaderFn`       | Function to filter messages based on headers, return true if you want to skip the message	                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | nil                         |
 | `retryConfiguration.verifyTopicOnStartup`        | it checks existence of the given retry topic on the kafka cluster.  	                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | false                       |
-| `batchConfiguration.messageGroupLimit`           | Maximum number of messages in a batch                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                             |
+| `batchConfiguration.messageGroupLimit`           | Maximum number of messages in a batch                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 100                         |
 | `batchConfiguration.messageGroupByteSizeLimit`   | Maximum number of bytes in a batch                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                             |
 | `batchConfiguration.batchConsumeFn`              | Kafka batch consumer function, if retry enabled it, is also used to consume retriable messages                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                             |
 | `batchConfiguration.preBatchFn`                  | This function enable for transforming messages before batch consuming starts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                             |
diff --git a/consumer_config.go b/consumer_config.go
index a6daec0..e3cf8d1 100644
--- a/consumer_config.go
+++ b/consumer_config.go
@@ -246,6 +246,10 @@ func (cfg *ConsumerConfig) setDefaults() {
 		cfg.MessageGroupDuration = time.Second
 	}
 
+	if cfg.BatchConfiguration != nil && cfg.BatchConfiguration.MessageGroupLimit == 0 {
+		cfg.BatchConfiguration.MessageGroupLimit = 100
+	}
+
 	if cfg.DistributedTracingEnabled {
 		if cfg.DistributedTracingConfiguration.Propagator == nil {
 			cfg.DistributedTracingConfiguration.Propagator = otel.GetTextMapPropagator()
diff --git a/consumer_config_test.go b/consumer_config_test.go
index 6b9203c..97e03ad 100644
--- a/consumer_config_test.go
+++ b/consumer_config_test.go
@@ -32,6 +32,22 @@ func TestConsumerConfig_validate(t *testing.T) {
 		if cfg.MessageGroupDuration != time.Second {
 			t.Fatal("Message Group Duration default value must equal to 1s")
 		}
+		if cfg.BatchConfiguration != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Batch configuration not specified so it must stay as nil")
+		}
+	})
+	t.Run("Set_Defaults_For_BatchConfiguration", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Given
+		cfg := ConsumerConfig{BatchConfiguration: &BatchConfiguration{}}
+
+		// When
+		cfg.setDefaults()
+
+		// Then
+
+		if cfg.BatchConfiguration.MessageGroupLimit != 100 {
+			t.Fatalf("MessageGroupLimit Batch configuration not specified so it must take default value")
+		}
 	})
 	t.Run("Set_Defaults_When_Distributed_Tracing_Enabled", func(t *testing.T) {
 		// Given