The Champions Trophy starts on February 19. The top 8 ODI team in the world, including India, will participate in this, but which is the strongest team?
We will know the answer to this question in the Champions Trophy Series Part-1. We have set 6 parameters to identify the strongest team. In this …
- Title
- Match Winning Rate
- Run
- Wicket
- How many batters in top-5
- How many bowlers in top-5
In search of the strongest team, we found out who won the most titles and who was at the forefront of winning the match. Which team has scored the highest runs and which team has taken the highest wicket. In addition, the top-5 batters and bowlers of the tournament include how many players of which team are.
Parameter-1: Title
2-2 titles near India and Australia
India and Australia have won the highest titles in the Champions Trophy. Both teams have become champions 2-2 times.
- The Indian team won the second title by beating England by 5 runs under MS Dhoni's captaincy in 2013. Prior to this, the team became a joint winner with Sri Lanka in the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly in 2002. The 110 -over final match was played but there was no result.
- Australia won two consecutive titles in 2006 and 2009 under Ricky Ponting's captaincy. The Australian team defeated the West Indies by 8 wickets in 2006 for the first time. Then in 2009, beat New Zealand by 6 wickets. In both of these matches, Shane Watson was chosen as the Player of the final.
- In addition to India and Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies, South Africa and New Zealand have won the title once. At the same time, the English team has played two finals in 2013 and 2004, but has not been champions so far.
Parameter-2: Match Winning Rate
India won 62% match, England won 56% match
The Indian team is at the top of winning the most matches. He has played 29 matches so far in the tournament, of which 18 of them have won, which means that India has won 62% of the matches. In addition to India, England, West Indies and Sri Lanka have won more than half the matches.
World champions Australia, South Africa and New Zealand have just won half matches. The percentage of Pakistan and Bangladesh's victory has been less than 50. Zimbabwe has lost all the matches.
Parameter-3: Run
India scored the highest run, England second
So far 4 teams have scored more than 5,000 runs in the Champions Trophy, of which India are at the top. The team has scored 5815 runs in 29 matches. Which includes 10 centuries and 35 half centuries. Indian batters hit 601 fours and 64 sixes.
In addition to the Indian team, England (5555 runs), Sri Lanka (5452 runs) and South Africa (5175 runs) have managed to score more than 5000 runs. New Zealand, Australia, West Indies and Pakistan have scored more than 4,000 runs.
Parameter-4: wicket
India No.1, Sri Lanka II and New Zealand third
India is also number 1 in terms of taking the highest wicket in the tournament. Sri Lanka is second and New Zealand is third. The Indian team has taken 195 wickets in 29 matches. Sri Lanka have 175 wickets and New Zealand 172 wickets.
Talking about the ability to take wickets, the Indian bowlers take wickets at every 41st ball of the tournament. Sau Africa and New Zealand bowlers take a wicket on the ball every 35th. Sri Lankan bowlers get a wicket on the ball every 39.
Parameter-5: Top 5 Betters
2 Indians in Top-5 scorers, none of Australia-England
The list of Top-1 scorers of the Champions Trophy includes 2 Indians and Sri Lankan batters. One is a Better West Indies. The list does not include any batters in Australia, England, Pakistan, South Africa and New Zealand.
Chris Gayle of West Indies is the highest scorer in the Champions Trophy. India's Shikhar Dhawan is third with 701 runs and former captain Sourav Ganguly is fifth with 665 runs.
Parameter-6: Top 5 bowlers
2 bowlers of Sri Lanka in top 5 wickets-tackers
Top 5 wickets-tackers bowlers of the tournament include no Indian bowler. New Zealand's Kile Mills have the highest wickets in the Champions Trophy. He has taken 28 wickets in 15 games. Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga is second with 25 wickets and Muthaiya Muralidhar third with 24 wickets.
India's strongest team India is the strongest team in the Champions Trophy. The team has won exactly 2 titles of Australia, but in the context of the ability to win, score and take wickets, the Indian team has surpassed the kangaroos. India have won the highest match in the Champions Trophy, scored the highest runs and took the highest wicket.
In addition, the top-5 batters have 2 players in India, while Australia has no batter. At the same time, there is no Indian bowler in the top 5 wickets, Australia's Brett Lee is on the list.
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