Players who batted brilliantly in the Champions Trophy, two Indians are at the top in the top-5.

Cricket News Desk. ICC Champions Trophy is going to be held in Pakistan next year i.e. in 2025. 8 teams including the host will enter this tournament. Before the start of this match, let us take a look at the performance of the top-5 batsmen who scored the most runs in the trophy.

chris gayle
West Indies’ Chris Gayle has scored 781 runs at a strike rate of 88.77 in 17 Champions Trophy matches between 2002 and 2013. He is the top scorer. During this period he has scored three centuries and one half-century.

Mahela Jayawardene
Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene has scored 742 runs at a strike rate of 84.80 in 22 Champions Trophy matches between 2000 and 2013. This is at number two. He has scored 5 half-centuries in an innings.

Shikhar Dhawan
India’s star batsman Shikhar Dhawan has scored 701 runs at a strike rate of 101.59 in 10 Champions Trophy matches between 2013 and 2017. This is at number three. Meanwhile, Dhawan has scored 3 centuries and 3 half-centuries.

Kumar Sangakkara
Legendary Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara has scored 683 runs in 22 Champions Trophy matches between 2000 and 2013 at a strike rate of 71.36. During this period he has scored one century and 4 half-centuries. Sangakkara is at fourth place in terms of scoring runs.

Sourav Ganguly
India’s legendary batsman Sourav Ganguly has scored 665 runs in 13 Champions Trophy matches between 1998 and 2004 at a strike rate of 83.12. He has scored 3 centuries and as many half-centuries. He is at fifth place in terms of scoring runs.