ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Highlight: Most Runs, Most Wickets and More

The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 had great cricketing talent, and India won the title. Let’s look at the best players and important stats from the tournament.

Tournament Overview

The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 was co-hosted by Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Due to geopolitical considerations, India’s matches were held in the UAE, while other fixtures took place in Pakistan. The tournament featured intense competition among the world’s top cricketing nations, leading to memorable performances and thrilling encounters.

Final Match Recap

The Champions Trophy 2025 final, held at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on March 9, 2025, saw India clinch their third Champions Trophy title by defeating New Zealand by four wickets. New Zealand set a target of 252 runs, with notable contributions from Daryl Mitchell (63 runs) and Michael Bracewell (53* runs). India’s chase was anchored by captain Rohit Sharma’s 76 runs, earning him the Player of the Match award. Despite a mid-innings wobble, crucial knocks from Shreyas Iyer (48 runs) and KL Rahul (34* runs) guided India to victory with nine balls to spare.

Top Performers of ICC Champions Trophy 2025

Batting

Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand): Accumulated 263 runs in 4 innings, averaging 65.75, including two centuries.
Shreyas Iyer (India): Scored 243 runs in 5 innings, with an average of 48.60 and two half-centuries.
Ben Duckett (England): Amassed 227 runs in 3 innings, averaging 75.66, highlighted by a remarkable 165-run innings against Australia.

Bowling

Matt Henry (New Zealand): Claimed 10 wickets in 4 innings, averaging 16.70, with best figures of 5/42.
Varun Chakravarthy (India): Took 9 wickets in 3 innings, with an average of 15.11 and best figures of 5/42.
Mohammed Shami (India): Secured 9 wickets in 5 innings, averaging 25.88, including a five-wicket haul with best figures of 5/53.

Notable Records and Achievements

Highest Individual Score: Ibrahim Zadran of Afghanistan scored 177 runs against Pakistan, marking the highest individual score of the tournament.
Highest Team Total: England posted 351/8 against Australia, setting a new record for the highest team total in Champions Trophy history.
Highest Match Aggregate: The match between England and Australia witnessed a combined total of 707 runs for the loss of 13 wickets, the highest aggregate in the tournament’s history.

ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Highlight

Batting Stats – ICC Champions Trophy 2025

Most Runs

Pos	Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Bat Avg	Not Outs	Highest Score
1	Rachin Ravindra	NZ	4	4	263	65.75	0	112
2	Shreyas Iyer	IND	5	5	243	48.60	0	79
3	Ben Duckett	ENG	3	3	227	75.66	0	165
4	Joe Root	ENG	3	3	225	75.00	0	120
5	Virat Kohli	IND	5	5	218	54.50	1	100*
6	Ibrahim Zadran	AFG	3	3	216	72.00	0	177
7	Tom Latham	NZ	5	5	205	51.25	1	118*
8	Kane Williamson	NZ	5	5	200	40.00	0	102
9	Rassie van der Dussen	SA	3	3	193	96.50	1	72*
10	Shubman Gill	IND	5	5	188	47.00	1	101*

Highest Score Innings

Pos	Player	Team	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike Rate	Opposition
1	Ibrahim Zadran	AFG	177	146	12	6	121.23	England
2	Ben Duckett	ENG	165	143	17	3	115.38	Australia
3	Josh Inglis	AUS	120*	86	8	6	139.53	England
4	Joe Root	ENG	120	111	11	1	108.10	Afghanistan
5	Tom Latham	NZ	118*	104	10	3	113.46	Pakistan
6	Rachin Ravindra	NZ	112	105	12	1	106.66	Bangladesh
7	Rachin Ravindra	NZ	108	101	13	1	106.93	South Africa
8	Will Young	NZ	107	113	12	1	94.69	Pakistan
9	Ryan Rickelton	SA	103	106	7	1	97.16	Afghanistan
10	Kane Williamson	NZ	102	94	10	2	108.51	South Africa

Best Batting Average

Pos	Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Not Outs	Bat Avg	Highest Score
1	KL Rahul	IND	5	4	140	3	140.00	42*
2	Josh Inglis	AUS	3	2	131	1	131.00	120*
3	David Miller	SA	3	3	121	2	121.00	100*
4	Rassie van der Dussen	SA	3	3	193	1	96.50	72*0
5	Aiden Markram	SA	3	2	83	1	83.00	52*
6	Ben Duckett	ENG	3	3	227	0	75.66	165
7	Joe Root	ENG	3	3	225	0	75.00	120
8	Ibrahim Zadran	AFG	3	3	216	0	72.00	177
9	Rachin Ravindra	NZ	4	4	263	0	65.75	112
10	Alex Carey	AUS	3	2	130	0	65.00	69

Best Batting Strike Rate (Innings)

Pos	Player	Team	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike Rate	Opposition
1	Glenn Maxwell	AUS	32	15	4	2	213.33	England
2	Glenn Phillips	NZ	49	27	6	1	181.48	South Africa
3	Mohammad Nabi	AFG	40	24	2	3	166.66	England
4	Glenn Phillips	NZ	61	39	3	4	156.41	Pakistan
5	Salman Agha	PAK	42	28	6	1	150.00	New Zealand
6	David Miller	SA	100	67	10	4	149.25	New Zealand
7	Travis Head	AUS	59	40	9	1	147.50	Afghanistan
8	Aiden Markram	SA	52	36	6	1	144.44	Afghanistan
9	Khushdil Shah	PAK	69	49	10	1	140.81	New Zealand
10	Josh Inglis	AUS	120*	86	8	6	139.53	England

Most Fours

Pos	Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	4s	Strike Rate	Highest Score
1	Rachin Ravindra	NZ	4	4	263	29	106.47	112
2	Ben Duckett	ENG	3	3	227	25	108.61	165
3	Rohit Sharma	IND	5	5	180	21	100.00	76
4	Will Young	NZ	5	5	165	20	82.50	107
5	Joe Root	ENG	3	3	225	19	96.56	120
6	Kane Williamson	NZ	5	5	200	19	85.47	102
7	Shubman Gill	IND	5	5	188	17	75.50	101*
8	Alex Carey	AUS	3	2	130	16	108.33	69
9	Ryan Rickelton	SA	3	3	147	16	102.79	103
10	Shreyas Iyer	IND	5	5	243	16	79.41	79

Most Sixes

Pos	Team	Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	6s	4s	Strike Rate	Highest Score
1	AFG	Azmatullah Omarzai	3	3	126	8	5	104.13	67
2	NZ	Glenn Phillips	5	5	177	8	13	114.93	61
3	AFG	Ibrahim Zadran	3	3	216	7	15	106.40	177
4	SA	Rassie van der Dussen	3	3	193	7	13	96.98	72*
5	AUS	Josh Inglis	3	2	131	6	8	133.67	120*
6	IND	Hardik Pandya	5	4	99	6	7	106.45	45
7	IND	Rohit Sharma	5	5	180	6	21	100.00	76
8	SA	David Miller	3	3	121	5	11	139.08	100*
9	IND	KL Rahul	5	4	140	5	5	97.90	42*
10	IND	Shreyas Iyer	5	5	243	5	16	79.41	79

Most Fifties

Pos	Team	Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	50s	Bat Avg	Strike Rate
1	SA	Rassie van der Dussen	3	3	193	3	96.50	96.98
2	AUS	Alex Carey	3	2	130	2	65.00	108.33
3	SA	Temba Bavuma	2	2	114	2	57.00	77.55
4	IND	Shreyas Iyer	5	5	243	2	48.60	79.41
5	BAN	Jaker Ali	2	2	113	1	56.50	66.86
6	PAK	Khushdil Shah	2	2	107	1	53.50	121.59
7	PAK	Babar Azam	2	2	87	1	43.50	75.00
8	AUS	Matthew Short	2	2	83	1	41.50	102.46
9	SA	Aiden Markram	3	2	83	1	83.00	127.69
10	BAN	Najmul Hossain Shanto	2	2	77	1	38.50	68.75

Most Hundreds

Pos	Team	Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	100s	Bat Avg	Strike Rate
1	NZ	Rachin Ravindra	4	4	263	2	65.75	106.47
2	AUS	Josh Inglis	3	2	131	1	131.00	133.67
3	BAN	Tawhid Hridoy	2	2	107	1	53.50	75.35
4	ENG	Ben Duckett	3	3	227	1	75.66	108.61
5	ENG	Joe Root	3	3	225	1	75.00	96.56
6	AFG	Ibrahim Zadran	3	3	216	1	72.00	106.40
7	SA	Ryan Rickelton	3	3	147	1	49.00	102.79
8	SA	David Miller	3	3	121	1	121.00	139.08
9	IND	Virat Kohli	5	5	218	1	54.50	82.88
10	NZ	Tom Latham	5	5	205	1	51.25	87.23

Fastest Hundreds

Pos	Team	Player	Balls	Strike Rate	Runs	4s	6s	Opposition
1	SA	David Miller	67	149.25	100	10	4	New Zealand
2	AUS	Josh Inglis	77	135.06	120	8	6	England
3	NZ	Kane Williamson	91	110.98	102	10	2	South Africa
4	NZ	Rachin Ravindra	93	107.52	108	13	1	South Africa
5	ENG	Ben Duckett	95	106.31	165	17	3	Australia
6	NZ	Tom Latham	95	105.26	118	10	3	Pakistan
7	NZ	Rachin Ravindra	95	105.26	112	12	1	Bangladesh
8	ENG	Joe Root	98	102.04	120	11	1	Afghanistan
9	SA	Ryan Rickelton	101	99.00	103	7	1	Afghanistan
10	AFG	Ibrahim Zadran	106	94.33	177	12	6	England

Bowling Stats – ICC Champions Trophy 2025

Most Wickets

Pos	Team	Player	Matches	Overs	Strike Rate	Wickets	Runs	Economy
1	NZ	Matt Henry	4	31.2	18.80	10	167	5.32
2	IND	Varun Chakaravarthy	3	30	20.00	9	136	4.53
3	NZ	Mitchell Santner	5	50	33.33	9	240	4.80
4	IND	Mohammad Shami	5	41	27.33	9	233	5.68
5	NZ	Michael Bracewell	5	49	36.75	8	201	4.10
6	IND	Kuldeep Yadav	5	46.3	39.85	7	223	4.79
7	AUS	Ben Dwarshuis	3	26	22.28	7	152	5.84
8	AFG	Azmatullah Omarzai	3	20.5	17.85	7	140	6.72
9	SA	Wiaan Mulder	3	22.2	22.33	6	109	4.88
10	SA	Kagiso Rabada	3	25.3	25.50	6	148	5.80

Best Bowling Figures (Innings)

Pos	Team	Player	Wickets	Overs	Economy	Opposition	Runs	Maidens
1	NZ	Matt Henry	5/42	8	5.25	India	42	0
2	IND	Varun Chakaravarthy	5/42	10	4.20	New Zealand	42	0
3	IND	Mohammad Shami	5/53	10	5.30	Bangladesh	53	0
4	AFG	Azmatullah Omarzai	5/58	9.5	5.89	England	58	0
5	NZ	Michael Bracewell	4/26	10	2.60	Bangladesh	26	0
6	SA	Wiaan Mulder	3/25	7.2	3.40	England	25	0
7	IND	Harshit Rana	3/31	7.4	4.04	Bangladesh	31	0
8	SA	Kagiso Rabada	3/36	8.3	4.23	Afghanistan	36	1
9	SA	Marco Jansen	3/39	7	5.57	England	39	0
10	IND	Kuldeep Yadav	3/40	9	4.44	Pakistan	40	0

Best Bowling Average

Pos	Team	Player	Matches	Overs	Avg	Wickets	Runs	Strike Rate
1	IND	Varun Chakaravarthy	3	30	15.11	9	136	20.00
2	IND	Harshit Rana	2	15.2	15.25	4	61	23.00
3	NZ	Matt Henry	4	31.2	16.70	10	167	18.80
4	SA	Wiaan Mulder	3	22.2	18.16	6	109	22.33
5	AFG	Azmatullah Omarzai	3	20.5	20.00	7	140	17.85
6	AUS	Marnus Labuschagne	3	5	20.50	2	41	15.00
7	AUS	Ben Dwarshuis	3	26	21.71	7	152	22.28
8	SA	Kagiso Rabada	3	25.3	24.66	6	148	25.50
9	NZ	Michael Bracewell	5	49	25.12	8	201	36.75
10	IND	Mohammad Shami	5	41	25.88	9	233	27.33

Best Bowling Economy (Innings)

Pos	Team	Player	Overs	Maidens	Wickets	Economy	Opposition	Runs
1	NZ	Michael Bracewell	10	–	4	2.60	Bangladesh	26
2	NZ	Michael Bracewell	10	–	2	2.80	India	28
3	PAK	Abrar Ahmed	10	–	1	2.80	India	28
4	AUS	Matthew Short	7	–	0	3.00	Afghanistan	21
5	IND	Ravindra Jadeja	10	–	1	3.00	New Zealand	30
6	IND	Axar Patel	10	–	1	3.20	New Zealand	32
7	SA	Wiaan Mulder	7.2	–	3	3.40	England	25
8	NZ	Matt Henry	7.2	–	2	3.40	Pakistan	25
9	SA	Keshav Maharaj	10	–	2	3.50	England	35
10	IND	Axar Patel	8	–	0	3.62	New Zealand	29

Most Dot Balls

Pos	Team	Player	Innings	Overs	Dots	Economy
1	NZ	Michael Bracewell	5	49	174	4.10
2	NZ	Mitchell Santner	5	50	157	4.80
3	IND	Kuldeep Yadav	5	46.3	143	4.79
4	IND	Axar Patel	5	45	141	4.35
5	NZ	Will O’Rourke	5	43	132	6.20
6	IND	Mohammad Shami	5	41	130	5.68
7	IND	Ravindra Jadeja	5	42	127	4.35
8	NZ	Matt Henry	4	31.2	107	5.32
9	NZ	Kyle Jamieson	4	29	104	5.51
10	ENG	Jofra Archer	3	29	95	6.93

Team Stats – ICC Champions Trophy 2025

Best Win Percentage

Pos	Team	Win %	Matches	Wins	Lost
1	IND	100	5	5	0
2	SA	66.67	3	2	1
3	NZ	60	5	3	2
4	AUS	33.33	3	1	1
5	AFG	33.33	3	1	1
6	ENG	0	3	0	3
7	BAN	0	2	0	2
8	PAK	0	2	0	2

Most Wins

Pos	Team	Matches	Wins	Lost	No Result
1	IND	5	5	0	0
2	SA	3	2	1	0
3	NZ	5	3	2	0
4	AUS	3	1	1	1
5	AFG	3	1	1	1
6	ENG	3	0	3	0
7	BAN	2	0	2	0
8	PAK	2	0	2	0

Most Losses

Pos	Team	Matches	Lost	Wins	No Result
1	ENG	3	3	0	0
2	PAK	2	2	0	0
3	BAN	2	2	0	0
4	NZ	5	2	3	0
5	AFG	3	1	1	1
6	AUS	3	1	1	1
7	SA	3	1	2	0
8	IND	5	0	5	0

The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 was a testament to the global appeal and competitive spirit of cricket. With stellar performances from both established stars and emerging talents, the tournament added memorable chapters to cricketing history. India’s strategic prowess and consistent performances led them to a well-deserved championship, while individual brilliance from players like Rachin Ravindra and Matt Henry highlighted the tournament’s competitive edge.

FAQs

Who won the ICC Champions Trophy 2025?

India won the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 by defeating New Zealand in the final.

Where was the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 held?

The tournament was co-hosted by Pakistan and the UAE, with India playing all its matches in the UAE.

Who was the highest run-scorer in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025?

Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand) was the top run-scorer with 263 runs in 4 innings.

Who took the most wickets in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025?

Matt Henry (New Zealand) was the highest wicket-taker with 10 wickets in 4 matches.

Who was the Player of the Match in the final?

Rohit Sharma (India) won the Player of the Match award for his 76-run knock.

What was the highest individual score in the tournament?

Ibrahim Zadran (Afghanistan) scored the highest individual score of 177 runs against England.

Which team posted the highest total in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025?

England scored 351/8 against Australia, the highest total in the tournament.

Which match had the highest aggregate runs?

The England vs Australia match saw 707 runs scored, the highest match aggregate.

Who took the best bowling figures in the tournament?

Matt Henry (NZ) and Varun Chakravarthy (IND) both recorded the best figures of 5/42.

How many times has India won the ICC Champions Trophy?

India has won the ICC Champions Trophy three times, including the 2025 edition.