Monday, February 17th, 2025

Average more than 75… 3 Indians shine in Champions Trophy, only one batsman ahead of Kohli

New Delhi. Indian batsmen are making waves in any ICC events. Especially the Champions Trophy, in which the performance of Indians is worth seeing. The top-3 batsmen scoring the highest average runs in this tournament are Indians. Of these three batsmen, two have retired, but Virat Kohli is still in the team. Virat Kohli, who was going through a bad phase recently, has scored runs at an average of 88.16 in the Champions Trophy. This is the highest among batsmen who have scored more than 300 runs in the history of the tournament.

The ICC Champions Trophy is to be played from 19 February. This match will start in Pakistan. All the teams will appear for the tournament by January 12. The command of the Indian team is likely to be in the hands of Rohit Sharma. Virat Kohli will also remain in the team. Kohli has an excellent record in this tournament.

Kohli’s 529 runs in 13 matches
Virat Kohli has scored 529 runs while remaining unbeaten 6 times in 13 matches in the Champions Trophy. he/she has scored 5 fifties in this tournament. The highest score is 96*. Apart from Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, who is called Mr. ICC, and Saurabh Ganguly have scored a lot of runs at an average of more than 70 in the Champions Trophy.

Dhawan’s 701 runs in 10 matches
Shikhar Dhawan has scored 701 runs in 10 matches at an average of 77.88 in the Champions Trophy. Similarly, Saurabh Ganguly has scored 665 runs at an average of 73.88. Apart from Kohli, Dhawan and Ganguly, no batsman in the world has been able to score even 300 runs at an average of more than 70 in the tournament.

Anwar averages 144.50 but…
By the way, the history of the tournament shows the name of Saeed Anwar to have the highest average. But Anwar has not even scored 300 runs in the tournament. Therefore, when the list of batsmen with more runs and higher average is made, Anwar of Pakistan is not able to make a place in it. However, his/her average in the Champions Trophy is 144.50. Anwar’s ranking in the list of successful batsmen (most runs) is 40.

The world record for scoring most runs in the Champions Trophy is in the name of Chris Gayle. Chris Gayle of West Indies has scored 791 runs in 17 matches at an average of 52.73. Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene (742) is second in this list and Shikhar Dhawan is third. Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara (683) is at fourth place and Ganguly (665) is at fifth place. In this way, Indians are dominating the list not only in average but also in scoring more runs in the tournament. Rahul Dravid is at seventh place in this list with 627 runs.

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