Best Batting Average In Champions Trophy History

Top Five Best Batting Average in Champions Trophy. (Source - ICC/X.COM)

The ICC Champions Trophy is making its return into the cricket calendar for the first time since 2017. Pakistan, who emerged champions in the last edition in England and Wales, is going to host the 2025 edition along with Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and ICC are leaving no stone unturned as the premier eight-team tournament is ready to kick-off in a couple of weeks from February 19 and will run till March 9, the day of the Final.

The first edition of the Champions Trophy took place way back in 1998 and it was hosted by the then associate nation Bangladesh. The Champions Trophy, which was at first known as the ICC Knockout Trophy, has been played eight times till date and the ninth edition is set to take place this year.

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And in each and every edition, there have been some breathtaking individual performances, especially with the bat. Ahead of the much anticipated 2025 edition of Champions Trophy, let's go through the Top 5 Batters with Highest Batting Average (Minimum 10+ innings ) in the competition’s history.

5. Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma for India. (SOURCE- ICC/X.COM)

Rohit Sharma is placed fifth in the list of top five batters with highest batting average in Champions Trophy. The current Indian skipper made his tournament debut back in 2013 when the then Team India captain MS Dhoni made a career changing move for Rohit and pushed him up the order to open the innings for India.

Since then, Rohit, the opener has never looked back and his numbers in this tournament speaks for himself.  However, we saw the best of Rohit in the 2017 edition where he was the vice-captain of the Indian side and amassed a total of 304 runs at a scintillating average of 76 which includes a match-winning unbeaten century against Bangladesh in the Semi Final.

Overall, Rohit has played two editions of the Champions Trophy and has an average of 53.4 with 481 runs in total. He is set to play his third and most probably the last edition this time as the captain of his side.

4. Damien Martyn

Damien Martyn for Australia. (Source - ICC/X.COM)

Damien Martyn is regarded as one of the most eye pleasing batter to play the game. Martyn was a member of the Australian side which won two consecutive ODI World Cups in 1999 and 2003, and their maiden Champions Trophy title in 2006.

Martyn has a batting average of 61.5 in the Champions Trophy with a total of 492 runs in 11 innings across five editions. The right-hander was instrumental in Australia winning the 2006 title in India where he scored 241 runs in five innings at an average of 80.33.

He scored two crucial half centuries against England and India, which was followed by an unbeaten 47 in the Final to win Australia’s maiden Champions Trophy title.

3. Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly for India. (Source- ICC/X.COM)

Sourav Ganguly is the third name in the list and most probably the first Indian player to dominate this tournament like no other. The left-hander was part of the inaugural edition of the tournament in 1998 and went on to play a total of four editions till 2004.

Ganguly never had a bad campaign in this tournament and by far his best was the 2000 edition where he was captaining India and finished the tournament as the highest run scorer. He scored a magnificent century in the Final against New Zealand but the men in blue fell short to clinch the title.

Overall, Ganguly has been one of the most successful players in the tournament’s history and the numbers are there to see.

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2. Shikhar Dhawan

Shikhar Dhawan in action for India (Source: @ICC/X)

Shikhar Dhawan finds himself in the second place in this list of highest batting average in Champions Trophy history. The Delhi born cricketer is the only player in this competition to be the highest run scorer of a single edition twice.

Just like Rohit Sharma, Dhawan played his first edition in 2013, marking the beginning of what was a glorious decade of Indian ODI batting. The left-hander was the highest run scorer of both 2013 and 2017 edition, winning it once and finishing runners-up in the latter edition.

There is no surprises that his name has featured in this list and at the second position with over 700 runs and an average of 77.9 in 10 innings.

1. Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli for India. (Source - ICC/X.COM)

India's Virat Kohli holds the record for the highest batting average in Champions Trophy with a mind-blowing average of 88.2 in a total of 12 innings, scoring 529 runs.

Kohli made his Champions Trophy debut back in 2009 in South Africa where we got the glimpse of the upcoming modern day chase master when he hit the unbeaten 79 against West Indies at Johannesburg.

Following that, Kohli played a key role in India winning the title in the 2013 edition, scoring a crucial 43 to take India to a defendable total. It was under his leadership, team India almost defended their title in 2017 where he led from the front three half centuries and a total of 258 runs at 129.

This is going to be Kohli’s fourth edition of the Champions Trophy and we expect the King to be at his best and get his hand on the title one final time.

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