Virat Kohli vs Rohit Sharma; Who Scored More Runs In Champions Trophy 2017?

Aashay Chopade

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli together in ODIs (Source:@SPORTYVISHAL/X.com)Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli together in ODIs (Source:@SPORTYVISHAL/X.com)

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The Champions Trophy 2025 will be played in hybrid model with all matches, except one semifinal and India matches to be played in Pakistan. The last edition was held in England it was in 2017, eight years back when India reached the final. They were beaten by Pakistan on the big day, but there were many consistent performances by Indian stars and let's now see who the two biggest Indian stars, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli fared in that tournament.

Virat Kohli vs Rohit Sharma: Who Was Better With Bat in Champions Trophy 2017?

Virat Kohli was the captain of India in Champions Trophy 2017 and did pretty well as he normally does in ODIs. The run-machine scored 258 in five innings at an average of 129 with three fifties in it. He had three not outs in three innings and one of them was unbeaten 96 in the semifinal against Bangladesh.

Players
Innings
Runs
Average
100s/50s
Rohit Sharma
530476.001/2
Virat Kohli52581290/3

Rohit Sharma, on the other hand, was the second highest run-scorer in the Champions Trophy 2017 with 304 runs in five innings. He had one not out compared to three from Virat Kohli, and scored his runs at an average of 76 with one hundreds and two fifties. His century came in the same Bangladesh game where Virat scored 96 and it played a big factor in India winning that game.

Conclusion

Looking at the stats, Rohit Sharma clearly scored more runs than Virat Kohli. However, Virat Kohli too played his part, and delivered with consistency scoring three fifties in five innings.