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Sourav Ganguly to Shane Watson: Top 7 players with the highest individual scores in ICC Champions Trophy
Published On Jan 17, 2025, 05:32 PM IST
Last UpdatedJan 17, 2025, 05:32 PM IST
These are the cricketers, who played blistering knocks in the ICC event and went on to score very high individual scores
1. Nathan Astle (New Zealand) – 145*
The former New Zealand all-rounder played a terrific innings against USA in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy and massively helped to take his side to a formidable total of 347/4. In reply, USA weren’t able to even come close to the humongous target and got bundled out for only 137 runs.
2. Andy Flower (Zimbabwe) – 145
The former Zimbabwean all-rounder played a brilliant knock against India in the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy. Zimbabwe almost ended up causing a major upset as they came very close to achieving the target of 289 due to Flower’s innings. However, they ended up falling short by just 14 runs.
3. Sourav Ganguly (India) – 141*
The former India skipper played an absolutely terrific knock against South Africa in the 2000 ICC Champions Trophy. Ganguly’s fantastic innings helped India in reaching a formidable total of 295/6. In reply, The Proteas got bundled out for 200 runs as the Men in Blue comfortably won the match by 95 runs.
4. Sachin Tendulkar (India) – 141
The legendary India batter played a fabulous knock against Australia in the 1998 ICC Champions Trophy. Tendulkar’s century propelled India to a mammoth total of 307/8. This total would prove to be too much for the Aussies, who got bowled out for 263 runs.
5. Graeme Smith (South Africa) – 141
The former South Africa skipper played a fine knock in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy to see The Proteas come extremely close to achieving the massive target of 324 set by England. In the end, Smith’s side finished their 50 overs on 301/9 and lost the match by 22 runs.
6. Shane Watson (Australia) – 136*
England’s target of 258 was easily achieved by Australia thanks to blistering unbeaten centuries from Shane Watson and Ricky Ponting in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy. The Baggy Greens comprehensively won the match by 9 wickets and reached the target with 49 balls to spare.
7. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) – 134*
The legendary Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batter played a superb knock against England in the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. Sangakkara’s unbeaten century massively helped the Lankan Lions in achieving the target of 294 and defeating The Three Lions by 7 wickets.