Every match in the Champions Trophy is almost a knockout game. So players need to give their all in the field to propel their team towards the trophy.
The batters have a big task of helping their team put up competitive totals. During the process, many batters have performed consistently, getting big scores under their belt to swell their run tally.
And some batters did it with finesse within a single edition to aggregate loads of runs. On that note, here are the top 10 instances of the most runs scored in a single Champions Trophy edition.
Most Runs in a Champions Trophy Edition
| Player | Runs | Innings | Avg | 100/50 | Edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Gayle (WI) | 474 | 8 | 79.00 | 3/0 | 2006 |
| Shikhar Dhawan (IND) | 363 | 5 | 90.75 | 2/1 | 2013 |
| Sourav Ganguly (IND) | 348 | 4 | 116.00 | 2/1 | 2000 |
| Shikhar Dhawan (IND) | 338 | 5 | 67.60 | 1/2 | 2017 |
| Upul Tharanga (SL) | 320 | 6 | 53.33 | 2/1 | 2006 |
| Rohit Sharma (IND) | 304 | 5 | 76.00 | 1/2 | 2017 |
| Tamim Iqbal (BAN) | 293 | 4 | 73.25 | 1/2 | 2017 |
| Ricky Ponting (AUS) | 288 | 5 | 72.00 | 1/2 | 2009 |
| Virender Sehwag (IND) | 271 | 5 | 90.33 | 1/1 | 2002 |
| Shane Watson (AUS) | 265 | 5 | 88.33 | 2/0 | 2009 |
More Champions Trophy Stats
Highest Individual Scores in CT
Most Sixes in a Single Innings by a Team in CT
Highest Targets Successfully Defended in CT
Highest Totals Successfully Chased in CT
Most Runs in a Single CT Edition
Most Sixes in a Single CT Edition
Key Insights
474: Chris Gayle holds the record for scoring the most runs in a single Champions Trophy edition. The Universe Boss slammed 474 runs in eight innings at an average of 79 in the 2006 iteration played in India.
3: During the run-fest, Gayle also brought up three centuries, which are also the most by a batter in an edition. No other batter has scored more than two hundreds in one iteration.
300: Shikhar Dhawan is the only batter to rack up 300-plus runs in two Champions Trophy editions. The former Indian batter did so in consecutive iterations in 2013 (363) and 2017 (338), both hosted by England.
100: On both counts, Dhawan amassed runs at a 100-plus strike rate. He struck at 101.39 in 2013 and 101.80 in 2017. India’s other former opener, Virender Sehwag (271 at 120.44 in 2002), and Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman (252 at 113.00 in 2017) are the other two batters with 250-plus runs in an edition to strike above 100.
