Despite New Zealand’s loss in the Champions Trophy final against India in Dubai on Sunday, Kiwi duo Rachin Ravindra and Matt Henry topped the batting and bowling charts with their outstanding performances.
Ravindra finished as the tournament’s top run-scorer, amassing 263 runs, including a quickfire 37 off 29 balls in the final. The young all-rounder also took three key wickets, including that of India’s captain Rohit Sharma, earning him the prestigious ‘Player of the Tournament’ award.
India’s Shreyas Iyer secured second place with 243 runs, surpassing Virat Kohli’s 218 runs. Iyer’s near fifty in the final fell short by just two runs, while Kohli was dismissed cheaply for just one by Michael Bracewell.
Ben Duckett and Joe Root finished third and fourth with 227 and 225 runs, respectively, but it wasn’t enough to help England progress in the tournament.
On the bowling front, despite missing the final due to a shoulder injury, Matt Henry topped the wicket-taking charts with ten scalps. Henry had suffered the injury while fielding in the semifinal against South Africa.
India’s Varun Chakravarthy claimed nine wickets in just three appearances, leading his team in the bowling stats, with Mohammed Shami also finishing with nine wickets in five matches.
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Chakravarthy and Henry both registered identical figures of 5/42 during the league-stage clash between India and New Zealand. Meanwhile, Shami’s five-wicket haul against Bangladesh and consistent performances against New Zealand and Australia further solidified his place in the tournament’s top bowlers.
New Zealand’s Mitchell Santner and Michael Bracewell also took nine wickets apiece, joining the leaders in the tournament’s bowling charts.
Overall, Pakistan’s Hasan Ali (13 wickets in 2017) and West Indies’ Jerome Taylor (13 wickets in 2006) hold the record for the most wickets in a single Champions Trophy edition.
