2017 ICC Champions Trophy: Most Runs Scorers
Nov 2, 2023 at 3:51 PM
Batting is one of the main important and interesting part of cricket. The team who has strong and in-depth batting line-up in their squad possess a very good chance of winning the trophy.
The highest run-scorer of any tournament always makes a strong case for winning Man of the Tournament award. At the beginning of any tournament, every batsman has a personal goal to become the leading runs scorer at the end of the tournament. The target remains same for the every batsman in the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy.
ICC Champions Trophy is the second most popular tournament in the ODI format, after the ICC World Cup. The 2017 ICC Champions Trophy is the 8th edition of the tournament, which will begin on 1st June and it will run until the 18th June.
Besides the host nation England, other 7 top-ranked teams in the ICC ODI Rankings as on 30th September 2015, are qualified for this tournament. Apart from the hosts, the other 7 teams in the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy are Australia, India, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan. India will begin this tournament as the defending champion.
Every batsman from each team is looking to become the highest runs scorer at the end of 2017 ICC Champions Trophy.
Before we get busy to look at the most runs scorer table of 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, do check out the highest runs scorers in the previous editions of the tournament.
Highest runs scorers in the each previous edition of ICC Champions Trophy
Year | Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs scored | Highest score | Average | 100s/50s |
1998 | Philo Wallace | West Indies | 3 | 3 | 221 | 103 | 73.66 | 1/1 |
2000 | Sourav Ganguly | India | 4 | 4 | 348 | 141* | 116.00 | 2/1 |
2002 | Virender Sehwag | India | 5 | 5 | 271 | 126 | 90.33 | 1/1 |
2004 | Marcus Trescothick | England | 4 | 4 | 261 | 104 | 65.25 | 1/2 |
2006 | Chris Gayle | West Indies | 8 | 8 | 474 | 133* | 79.00 | 3/0 |
2009 | Ricky Ponting | Australia | 5 | 5 | 288 | 111* | 72.00 | 1/2 |
2013 | Shikhar Dhawan | India | 5 | 5 | 363 | 114 | 90.75 | 2/1 |
Most runs scorer in 2017 ICC Champions Trophy (Top 10)
Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs scored | Highest score | Average | 100s/50s |
Shikhar Dhawan | India | 5 | 5 | 338 | 125 | 67.60 | 1/2 |
Rohit Sharma | India | 5 | 5 | 304 | 123* | 76.00 | 1/2 |
Tamim Iqbal | Bangladesh | 4 | 4 | 293 | 128 | 73.25 | 1/2 |
Joe Root | England | 4 | 4 | 258 | 133* | 86.00 | 1/1 |
Virat Kohli | India | 5 | 5 | 258 | 96* | 129.00 | 0/3 |
Fakhar Zaman | Pakistan | 4 | 4 | 252 | 114 | 63.00 | 1/2 |
Kane Williamson | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 244 | 100 | 81.33 | 1/2 |
Azhar Ali | Pakistan | 5 | 5 | 228 | 76 | 45.60 | 0/3 |
Eoin Morgan | England | 4 | 4 | 208 | 87 | 69.33 | 0/2 |
Ben Stokes | England | 4 | 3 | 184 | 102* | 92.00 | 1/0 |
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