ICC KnockOut Trophy (1998-2000)

The first Cricket World Cup was held in 1975 and then every four years since. The tournament was usually played by full ICC member nations. The ICC conceived the idea of the Champions Trophy – a short cricket tournament to raise funds for the development of the game in non-test playing countries, with the first two tournaments being held in Bangladesh and Kenya.^[3]

It was inaugurated as the ICC KnockOut Trophy in 1998. Its name was changed to the Champions Trophy before the 2002 edition.^[4][5]

ICC Champions Trophy (2002-2017)

Since 2002, the tournament has been held in full ICC member nations with the number of teams has been reduced to eight. The tournament, later dubbed the "Mini World Cup" as it involved all of the full members of the ICC,^[6][7][8] was planned as a knock-out tournament so that it was short and did not reduce the value and importance of the World Cup. However, from 2002, the tournament has had a round-robin format, followed by a few knockout games, but the tournament still takes places over a short period of time – about two weeks.

The number of teams competing has varied over the years; originally all the ICC's full members took part, and from 2000 to 2004 associate members were also involved. Since 2009, the tournament has only involved the eight highest-ranked teams in the ICC ODI Rankings as of six months prior to the beginning of the tournament. The tournament has been held in 7 countries since its inception, with England hosting it thrice.

Up to 2006 the Champions Trophy was held every two years. The tournament had been scheduled to be held in Pakistan in 2008 but was moved to South Africa in 2009 due to security reasons. From then on it has been held every four years like the World Cup.

There were calls to scrap the tournament after 2013 and 2017,^[9] with no tournament hosted in 2021. However, it was reinstated in 2025.^[10]

Revival and rebranding (2025 onwards)

On 13 November 2024, The ICC launched a refreshed visual identity with an uncoventional typographic logo for the Champions Trophy with the release of brand launch video.^[11][12]The new elements are accompanied by the distinctive white jackets which nod to the history of the Champions Trophy.^[13]

Pakistan was announced as the host of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, however, due to India's refusal to travel to Pakistan for the tournament, citing security concerns, an agreement was made between BCCI and PCB, and it was established by ICC that the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy set to be played in February and March 2025 will be played across Pakistan and a neutral venue, later announced as UAE.

Qualification

In the first eight editions, the top teams in the ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings qualified in the tournament. In the first 2 editions, a few pairs of teams played in the Pre-Quarter-finals to determine who would move on to the Quarter-finals. The number of teams was 9 in 1998, which was increased to 11 in 2000 and to 12 in 2002. In 2006, it was reduced to 10, with four teams playing in a qualifying round-robin from which 2 progressed to the main tournament. From the 2009 tournament onwards, the number further reduced to 8.

From the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy onwards, the top eight teams of the most recent ICC Men's Cricket World Cup qualify for the event.

Tournament

The Champions Trophy differs from the World Cup in a number of ways. The matches in the Champions Trophy are held over a period of around two and a half weeks, while the World Cup can last for over a month. The number of teams in the Champions Trophy are fewer than the World Cup, with the latest edition of the World Cup having 10 teams whereas the latest edition of the Champions Trophy having 8.

For 2002 and 2004, twelve teams played a round-robin tournament in four pools of three, with the top team in each pool moving forward to the semi-final. A team would play only four games (two in the pool, semi-final and final) to win the tournament. The format used in the Knock Out tournaments differed from the formats used in the Champions Trophy. The competition was a straight knock out, with no pools and the loser in each game being eliminated. Only eight games were played in 1998, and 10 games in 2000.

Since 2009, eight teams have played in two pools of four in a round-robin format, with the top two teams in each pool playing in the semi-finals. Losing a single match potentially means elimination from the tournament. A total of 15 matches are played in the present format of the tournament, with the tournament lasting about two and a half weeks.^[14]

More information Summary of tournament formats, # ...

Summary of tournament formats
#	Year	Host(s)	Teams	Matches	Preliminary stage	Final stage
1	1998	Bangladesh	9	8	Pre-Quarter final between 2 teams: 1 match	Knock-out of 8 teams: 7 matches
2	2000	Kenya	11	10	Pre-Quarter final between 6 teams: 3 matches
3	2002	Sri Lanka	12	15	4 groups of 3 teams: 12 matches	Knock-out of 4 teams (top in each group): 3 matches
4	2004	England
5	2006	India	10	21	Qualifying group of 4 teams: 6 matches 2 groups of 4 teams: 12 matches	Knock-out of 4 teams (top 2 in each group): 3 matches
6	2009	South Africa	8	15	2 groups of 4 teams: 12 matches
7	2013	England  Wales
8	2017
9	2025	Pakistan  United Arab Emirates	To Be Decided
10	2029	India

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Teams' performances

Comprehensive results for all teams participating in all tournaments for the ICC Champions Trophy is given below. For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

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Team"},"2":{"wt":"Host "}},"i":0}}]}"> Host Team	1998 (9)	2000 (11)	2002 (12)	2004 (12)	2006 (10)	2009 (8)	2013 (8)	2017 (8)	2025 (8)	2029 (8)	Apps.
Afghanistan	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	Q		1
Australia	QF	QF	SF	SF	W	W	7th	7th	Q		9
Bangladesh	DNP	PQF	11th	11th	PQF	DNP	DNP	SF	Q		6
England	QF	QF	6th	RU	7th	SF	RU	SF	Q		9
India	SF	RU	W	7th	5th	5th	W	RU	Q	Q	10
Kenya	DNP	PQF	10th	10th	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP		3
Netherlands	DNP	DNP	12th	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNQ		1
New Zealand	QF	W	8th	5th	SF	RU	5th	8th	Q		9
Pakistan	QF	SF	5th	SF	8th	SF	8th	W	Q		9
South Africa	W	SF	SF	6th	SF	7th	SF	5th	Q		9
Sri Lanka	SF	QF	W	8th	6th	6th	SF	6th	DNQ		8
United States	DNP	DNP	DNP	12th	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP		1
West Indies	RU	PQF	7th	W	RU	8th	6th	DNP	DNP		7
Zimbabwe	PQF	QF	9th	9th	PQF	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP		5

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Legend

• W – Champions
• RU – Runners-up
• SF – Semi-finalists
• QF – Quarter-finalists (1998–2000)
• PQF - Pre Quarter-finalists (1998–2000, 2006)
• 5th-12th – Group Stage (2002–2004)
• 5th-8th – Group Stage (2006–present)
• Q – Qualified
• Apps – Appearances
• DNP – Did not participate
• DNQ – Did not qualify
•   Hosts

Notes

• India and Sri Lanka were declared co-champions in 2002.

Debutant teams

Team appearing for the first time, in alphabetical order per year.

More information Year, Debutants ...

Year	Debutants	Total
1998	Australia,  England,  India,  New Zealand,  Pakistan,  South Africa,  Sri Lanka,  West Indies,  Zimbabwe	9
2000	Bangladesh,  Kenya	2
2002	Netherlands	1
2004	United States	1
2006	none	—
2009	none	—
2013	none	—
2017	none	—
2025	Afghanistan	1
2029	To Be Decided
Total		14

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Overview

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past ICC Champions Trophy. Teams are sorted by best performance, then by appearances, total number of wins, total number of games, and alphabetical order respectively.

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	Appearances				Statistics
Team	Total	First	Latest	Best result	Mat.	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win%†
India	8	1998	2017	Champions (2002, 2013)	29	18	8	0	3	69.23
Australia	8	1998	2017	Champions (2006, 2009)	24	12	8	0	4	60.00
South Africa	8	1998	2017	Champions (1998)	24	12	11	1	0	52.08
New Zealand	8	1998	2017	Champions (2000)	24	12	10	0	2	54.54
Sri Lanka	8	1998	2017	Champions (2002)	27	14	11	0	2	56.00
West Indies	7	1998	2013	Champions (2004)	24	13	10	1	0	56.25
Pakistan	8	1998	2017	Champions (2017)	23	11	12	0	0	47.82
England	8	1998	2017	Runners-up (2004, 2013)	25	14	11	0	0	56.00
Bangladesh	5	2000	2017	Semi-finals (2017)	12	2	9	0	1	18.18
Zimbabwe	5	1998	2006	Quarter-finals (2000)	9	0	9	0	0	0.00
Kenya	3	2000	2004	Pool/Group (2002, 2004)	5	0	5	0	0	0.00
Netherlands	1	2002	2002	Pool stage (2002)	2	0	2	0	0	0.00
United States	1	2004	2004	Group stage (2004)	2	0	2	0	0	0.00
Last Updated: 18 June 2017 Source: Cricinfo

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† The win percentage excludes matches with no result and counts ties as half a win.

1998 ICC Knock Out Trophy

All of the matches in the 1998 tournament were played in Bangladesh at Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka. The tournament was won by South Africa who beat West Indies in the final. Philo Wallace of West Indies was the leading run scorer in the tournament of scoring 221 runs.

2000 ICC Knock Out Trophy

All of the matches in the 2000 tournament were played at Gymkhana Club Ground in Nairobi, Kenya. All the test playing nations participated in the tournament along with the finals, involving Kenya, India, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Bangladesh and England. The tournament was won by New Zealand who beat India in the final. Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly (348) was the leading run scorer in this tournament. Venkatesh Prasad (8) was the leading wicket taker. This was the first ICC event won by New Zealand. It was also their only ICC trophy till 2021, and their only limited overs tournament till date.

2002 ICC Champions Trophy

The 2002 ICC Champions Trophy was held in Sri Lanka, and included the 10 ICC Test playing nations including the newly appointed full member Bangladesh, Kenya (ODI status) and the 2001 ICC Trophy winners Netherlands. The final between India and Sri Lanka was washed out due to rain twice to leave no result. First, Sri Lanka played 50 overs and then India played two overs before the rain caused interruption. The next day, Sri Lanka again played 50 overs and India played eight overs. In the end India and Sri Lanka were declared joint winners. The teams played 110 overs, but there was no result. Virender Sehwag (271) had the highest number of runs in the tournament and Muralitharan (10) had the highest number of wickets.^[22]

2004 ICC Champions Trophy

The 2004 ICC Champions Trophy was held in England and the nations competing included the ten ICC Test nations, Kenya (ODI status), and – making their One Day International debut – the United States who qualified by winning the recent 2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge. The competition was more like a knockout series where teams losing even one game at the group stage were out of the tournament. The 12 teams were divided into 4 groups and the table topper from each group played semi finals. ENG defeated AUS in the 1st semi-final to make their 4th appearance in final of an ICC event. PAK lost to WI in the second semi final, which was a low scoring game. In the final game the WI team under Lara's leadership won a tense match with the help of wicket keeper C Browne and tailender Ian Bradshaw.

2006 ICC Champions Trophy

The 2006 ICC Champions Trophy was held in India with the final on 5 November 2006. A new format was used. Eight teams were competing in the group phase: the top six teams in the ICC ODI Championship on 1 April 2006, plus two teams chosen from the other four Test-playing teams Sri Lanka, West Indies, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, chosen from a pre-tournament round robin qualifying round. West Indies and Sri Lanka qualified ahead of Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

The eight teams were then split into two groups of four in a round robin competition. While Australia and West Indies qualified from Group A, South Africa and New Zealand qualified from Group B for the semifinals. Australia and West Indies reached the final defeating New Zealand and South Africa, respectively. In the final, Australia beat West Indies by 8 wickets to win the trophy for the first time. The venues for the tournament were Mohali, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Mumbai.

2009 ICC Champions Trophy

In 2006, the ICC selected Pakistan to host the 2008 ICC Champions Trophy. On 24 August 2008 it was announced that the 2008 ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan has been postponed to October 2009 as several countries were reluctant to visit Pakistan for security reasons. However, due to the crowded international schedule around that date, and concerns about whether the security situation would have changed by that time, there was widespread scepticism whether it would actually take place in 2009.^[23]

On 16 March 2009, an announcement was made that the ICC has recommended that the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy be moved from Pakistan to South Africa.^[24]

On 2 April 2009, Cricket South Africa confirmed that it would host the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy from 24 September to 5 October. The Board accepted recommendations from the ICC that Liberty Life Wanderers (Johannesburg) and Supersport Park (Centurion) be the host venues. The details of SA's hosting of the Champions Trophy were ironed out at a meeting between CSA's CEO Gerald Majola and ICC general manager – Commercial, Campbell Jamieson. Majola confirmed that the six warm-up games will be played at Benoni's Willowmoore Park, and Senwes Park in Potchefstroom.^[25]

Australia beat England by 9 wickets in the 1st semi-final, and New Zealand beat Pakistan by 5 wickets in the 2nd semi-final, to set up a final that saw Australia beat New Zealand by 6 wickets, in 45.2 overs.

2013 ICC Champions Trophy

England and Wales hosted the 2013 Champions Trophy.^[26] England became the only country to host the Champions Trophy twice.^[27] Australia failed to win a single game in their group, and were knocked out along with New Zealand in Group A. Pakistan lost all three games in Group B and were knocked out along with West Indies. England and Sri Lanka from Group A, and India and South Africa from Group B, made it to the semi-finals.

India and England won their respective games against Sri Lanka and South Africa comprehensively and the final between the two took place on 23 June 2013. India beat England by 5 runs at Edgbaston, winning their second title, although their first title, in 2002, was shared with Sri Lanka due to the final being washed out. Ravindra Jadeja was adjudged man of the match and he also received the "Golden Ball" for taking the most wickets in the tournament. Shikhar Dhawan received the "Golden Bat" for scoring the most runs in the series and was also adjudged the Man of the Series for his consistent outstanding performances. MS Dhoni became the first captain in history to win all three major ICC trophies – World Cup in 2011, World T20 in 2007 and this edition of the Champions Trophy.

2017 ICC Champions Trophy

In the lead-up to the 2013 tournament, the ICC announced that the 2013 Champions Trophy was to be the last,^[28] with its place in the cricketing calendar to be taken by a new ICC World Test Championship.^[29] However, in January 2014, that decision was reversed, due to the massive success of the 2013 edition, with the ICC confirming that the 2017 Champions Trophy tournament would take place and the proposed Test Championship was cancelled.^[30] England and Wales hosted the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy. England became the only country to host the Champions Trophy thrice, and England and Wales became the only countries to host the ICC Champions Trophy consecutively, also hosting the 2013 edition. Bangladesh replaced the West Indies, who finished outside the top eight in ninth position, in the ICC ODI Team Rankings on the cut-off date. Bangladesh returned to the ICC Champions Trophy for the first time since 2006, and, for the first time, the West Indies failed to qualify, having won the tournament in 2004.

Arch-rivals Pakistan and defending champions India took each other on in the final of a tournament for the first time since 2007, with the final taking place at The Oval in London.^[31] It was India's fourth appearance and Pakistan's maiden appearance in a Champions Trophy final. Pakistan beat India comfortably by 180 runs, outclassing them across all three departments-batting, bowling and fielding, unlike in the match between the two teams in the group stages, where India had beaten Pakistan by a huge margin.^[32][33] Pakistan, the lowest-ranked team in the competition,^[34] won their first Champions Trophy title and became the seventh nation to win it.

Fakhar Zaman of Pakistan received the Man of the Match award for scoring 114.^[35] Shikhar Dhawan of India received the "Golden Bat" award for scoring 338 runs, and became the first and only batter to not only win 2 Golden Bats in the ICC Champions Trophy but also 2 consecutive Golden Bats (he also won it in 2013).^[36] Hasan Ali of Pakistan received the "Golden Ball" award for taking 13 wickets; he was also adjudged the Man of the Series for his outstanding contribution towards Pakistan's first ICC title since the 2009 T20 World Cup.^[37]

2025 ICC Champions Trophy

On 16 November 2021, it was announced that the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy is scheduled to be held in Pakistan. It is expected to be played in February and March 2025.^[38]

In December 2024, due to political tensions, India has refused to play their matches in Pakistan during the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy. Consequently, the International Cricket Council has scheduled India's group matches and potential semi-final in Dubai, with the final also to be moved to Dubai if India qualifies^[39][40][41].

2029 ICC Champions Trophy

On 16 November 2021, it was announced that the 2029 ICC Champions Trophy will be held in India. It is expected to be played in October and November 2029.^[42]

Results of host teams

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Year	Host Team	Result
1998	Bangladesh	Did not play
2000	Kenya	Pre Quarter-finalists
2002	Sri Lanka	Champions
2004	England	Runners-up
2006	India	Group Stage
2009	South Africa	Group Stage
2013	England	Runners-up
2017	England	Semi-finalists
2025	Pakistan
	United Arab Emirates	Did not play

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Results of defending champions

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Year	Defending champions	Result
1998	Inaugural edition
2000	South Africa	Semi-finalists
2002	New Zealand	Group Stage
2004	India	Group Stage
	Sri Lanka	Group Stage
2006	West Indies	Runners-up
2009	Australia	Champions
2013	Australia	Group Stage
2017	India	Runners-up
2025	Pakistan

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Records summary

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Records Summary
Batting
Most runs	Chris Gayle	791 (2002–2013)	[43]
Highest average (min. 10 inns.)	Virat Kohli	88.16 (2009–2017)	[44]
Highest score	Nathan Astle v  United States Andy Flower v  India	145* (2004) 145 (2002)	[45]
Highest partnership	Shane Watson & Ricky Ponting (2nd wicket) v  England	252 (2009)	[46]
Most runs in a tournament	Chris Gayle	474 (2006)	[47]
Most hundreds	Shikhar Dhawan Herschelle Gibbs Sourav Ganguly Chris Gayle	3 (2013–2017) 3 (2002–2009) 3 (1998–2004) 3 (2002–2013)	[48]
Bowling
Most wickets	Kyle Mills	28 (2002–2013)	[49]
Best bowling average	Dale Benkenstein	1.66 (1998–2002)	[50]
Best strike rate	Dale Benkenstein	7.6 (1998–2002)	[51]
Best economy rate	Dale Benkenstein	1.30 (1998–2002)	[52]
Best bowling figures	Farveez Maharoof v  West Indies	6/14 (2006)	[53]
Most wickets in a tournament	Hasan Ali Jerome Taylor	13 (2017) 13 (2006)	[54]
Fielding
Most dismissals (wicket-keeper)	Kumar Sangakkara	33 (2000–2013)	[55]
Most catches (fielder)	Mahela Jayawardene	15 (2000–2013)	[56]
Team
Highest team total	New Zealand (v  United States)	347/4 (2004)	[57]
Lowest team total	United States (v  Australia)	65 (2004)	[58]
Highest win % (min. 5 matches played)	India	69.23% (Played 29, Won 18) (1998–2017)	[59]
Largest victory (by runs)	New Zealand (v  United States)	210 (2004)	[60]
Highest match aggregate	India v  Sri Lanka	643-9 (2017)	[61]
Lowest match aggregate	Australia v  United States	131-11 (2004)	[62]
Last updated: 12 November 2021

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Most tournament runs

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Rank	Runs	Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Period
1	791	Chris Gayle	West Indies	17	17	2002–2013
2	741	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	22	21	2000–2013
3	701	Shikhar Dhawan	India	10	10	2013–2017
4	683	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	22	21	2000–2013
5	665	Sourav Ganguly	India	13	11	1998–2004
Last updated: 18 June 2017[1]

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Highest individual score

See also: List of ICC Champions Trophy centuries

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Rank	Runs	Player	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	145*	Nathan Astle	New Zealand	United States	The Oval, London, England	10 September 2004
2	145	Andy Flower	Zimbabwe	India	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	14 September 2002
3	141*	Sourav Ganguly	India	South Africa	Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya	13 October 2000
4	141	Sachin Tendulkar		Australia	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	28 October 1998
		Graeme Smith	South Africa	England	SuperSport Park, Centurion, South Africa	27 September 2009
Last updated: 4 June 2017[63]

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Bowling

Most tournament wickets

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Rank	Wickets	Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Period
1	28	Kyle Mills	New Zealand	15	15	2002–2013
2	24	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	17		1998–2009
		Lasith Malinga		15		2006–2017
4	22	Brett Lee	Australia	16		2000–2009
5	21	Glenn McGrath		12	12	2000–2006
		James Anderson	England			2006–2013
Last updated: 11 June 2017[2]

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Best figures in an innings

See also: List of ICC Champions Trophy five-wicket hauls

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Rank	Figures	Player	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	6/14	Farveez Maharoof	Sri Lanka	West Indies	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India	14 October 2006
2	6/52	Josh Hazlewood	Australia	New Zealand	Edgbaston, Birmingham, England	2 June 2017
3	5/11	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	Kenya		14 September 2004
4	5/21	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	Pakistan	IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, India	27 October 2006
5	5/29	Mervyn Dillon	West Indies	Bangladesh	The Rose Bowl, Southampton, England	15 September 2004
Last updated: 4 June 2017[64]

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By tournament

More information Year, Winning Captain ...

Year	Winning Captain	Player of the final	Player of the tournament	Most runs	Most wickets	Ref.
1998	Hansie Cronje	Jacques Kallis	Jacques Kallis	Philo Wallace (221)	Jacques Kallis (8)	[65]
2000	Stephen Fleming	Chris Cairns	Not awarded	Sourav Ganguly (348)	Venkatesh Prasad (8)	[66]
2002	Saurav Ganguly Sanath Jayasuriya	Not awarded	Not awarded	Virender Sehwag (271)	Muttiah Muralitharan (10)	[67]
2004	Brian Lara	Ian Bradshaw	Ramnaresh Sarwan	Marcus Trescothick (261)	Andrew Flintoff (9)	[68]
2006	Ricky Ponting	Shane Watson	Chris Gayle	Chris Gayle (474)	Jerome Taylor (13)	[69]
2009	Ricky Ponting	Shane Watson	Ricky Ponting	Ricky Ponting (288)	Wayne Parnell (11)	[70]
2013	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	Ravindra Jadeja	Shikhar Dhawan	Shikhar Dhawan (363)	Ravindra Jadeja (12)	[71]
2017	Sarfaraz Ahmed	Fakhar Zaman	Hasan Ali	Shikhar Dhawan (338)	Hasan Ali (13)	[72]

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