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In the landscape of cricket, a batsman plays while striking a fine balance among batting techniques, aggressive style, and signature shots. Scoring the most runs in a prestigious tournament is only possible with strategic batting and timing the shots. The batting superpower came naturally to various trained batsmen such as Chris Gayle, Shikhar Dhawan, and Sourav Ganguly, who made headlines during different seasons of the Champions trophy.
When the stage is set for the champions trophy, where the globally best teams come to the forefront, batting becomes more challenging but rewarding too. There have been different players topping the charts while fine-tuned risk management enabled them to get runs as per the dynamic match conditions. Here, you will know who has scored the most runs in a season of champions trophy.
Famous for power-hitting, former opener Chris Gayle (West Indies) amassed the most runs (474) in the ICC Champions Trophy 2006 held in India. Gayle converted each half-ton into a blistering century, going on to roar with three centuries with an average of 79 in his eight innings. Since then, this record is still untouched while several batsmen have reached close to it. With stellar batting, former Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan piqued the interest of fans as he performed consecutively in 2013 and 2017 with 363 and 338 runs. In the previous ICC Champions Trophy 2017 held in England and Wales, Rohit Sharma (India ) and Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh) were also among the top run-makers.
List of Most Runs in a Champions Trophy Season
| Season | Player | Inns | Inns | NO | Runs | Ave | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006/07 | Chris Gayle | 8 | 8 | 2 | 474 | 79.00 | 3 | – |
| 2013 | Shikhar Dhawan | 5 | 5 | 1 | 363 | 90.75 | 2 | 1 |
| 2000/01 | Sourav Ganguly | 4 | 4 | 1 | 348 | 116.00 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | Shikhar Dhawan | 5 | 5 | – | 338 | 67.60 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006/07 | Upul Tharanga | 6 | 6 | – | 320 | 53.33 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | Rohit Sharma | 5 | 5 | 1 | 304 | 76.00 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | Tamim Iqbal | 4 | 4 | – | 293 | 73.25 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009/10 | Ricky Ponting | 5 | 5 | 1 | 288 | 72.00 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002/03 | Virender Sehwag | 5 | 5 | 2 | 271 | 90.33 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009/10 | Shane Watson | 5 | 5 | 2 | 265 | 88.33 | 2 | – |
