Most Runs In ICC Tournaments As Captain.Â
ICC tournaments are a precious place in international cricket. In which all Top cricketing nations come and play some brilliant cricket to win the precious ICC trophy.
ODI World Cup, T20I World Cup, and Champions Trophy are the main ICC events. Meanwhile, the World Test Championship is a new addition to major ICC events.
Australia is the most successful country in an ICC tournament with 7 trophies in the Senior group. India, West Indies, England, Pakistan, Srilanka, New Zealand, South Africa are in second, third, and so on respectively in an ICC tournament.
There are few players who have scored some crucial runs for their respective country in the ICC tournament. Here we take a glance at the 5 batsmen with the most runs in ICC tournaments as a Captain.
Kane Williamson:
Kane is the calmest and composed captain of cricket ever had. After losing two consecutive ODI World Cup finals his team bounce back and play some extraordinary cricket to clinch the title of World Test Championship. Kane leads his team from the front. In the WTC final, he scored an unbeaten half-century in the fourth inning. Williamson scored 1863 runs as a skipper of New Zealand in the ICC Tournaments.
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Ricky Ponting:
Greatest captain of the greatest team who made some serious impact in major ICC events Ricky Ponting standing tall at number two in this list with 1752 runs. Ponting holds the record of winning four ICC trophies. In his leadership, Australia won both of their World Cup wins undefeated which shows his team’s dominance over the cricketing world at that time.
Joe Root:
The current Test captain of England Joe Root who was the part of World Cup-winning squad for England back in 2019 and finished as England’s highest run-getter in the tournament. The root is one of fab four from the cricketing world. He secured third place in this list by scoring 1660 runs in his overall appearance in ICC tournaments.
Virat Kohli:
Virat Kohli may not win the trophy and make his impact as a captain in ICC events, but King Kohli never let down his fans in the batting department. He takes the fourth spot on this list. Indian Captain has batted well on many occasions in an ICC tournament, where he scored 1635 runs for India in the ICC tournament.
Graeme Smith:
A former South African captain Graeme Smith is in the fifth position on this list. Smith represents Proteas in 347 International games. His aggregate is 1342 in ICC events. Currently, he is performing the role of Director of Cricket at Cricket South Africa.
