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With 18 wins in 29 matches played so far, India is the most successful team in Champions Trophy history, whereas Pakistan has lost the most number of matches (12).
India is most successful team in Champions Trophy history with 18 wins in 29 matches. (Picture Credit: AFP, AP)
The 2025 edition of the ICC Champions Trophy is set to start on February 19, and the final will be played on March 9. A total of eight teams will face each other in 15 matches that are set to be played across three venues in Pakistan and one in Dubai. The tournament opener will be played between defending champions and hosts Pakistan and New Zealand at National Stadium in Karachi on Wednesday, February 19.
World No. 1 ODI team India will face Bangladesh in its first match on Thursday, February 20, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, whereas Afghanistan will open its campaign on February 21 against South Africa in Karachi. ODI World Cup 2023 winners Australia and Ashes rivals England will line up against each other on February 22 in Lahore, and the high-voltage match between India and Pakistan is scheduled to take place at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday, February 23.
Ahead of the start of the tournament, here’s a look at top performers and record holders in the ICC Champions Trophy:
Most wins: India (18 wins in 29 matches).
Most defeats: Pakistan (12 defeats in 23 matches).
Highest total: 347 for 4 in 50 overs by New Zealand against the USA at The Oval on September 10, 2004.
Lowest total: 65 all out in 24 overs by USA against Australia in Southampton on September 13, 2004.
Biggest win (by runs): New Zealand beat USA by 210 runs at The Oval on September 10, 2004.
Biggest win (by wickets): West Indies beat Bangladesh by 10 wickets in Jaipur on October 11, 2006.
Smallest win (by runs): India beat England by 5 runs in Birmingham on June 23, 2013.
Smallest win (by wickets): New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 1 wicket in Cardiff on June 9, 2013.
Most runs: 791 runs in 17 matches by Chris Gayle of the West Indies.
Highest score: 145 not out from 151 balls by Nathan Astle of New Zealand against the USA at The Oval on September 10, 2004.
Highest average (minimum 10 innings): 88.16 by Virat Kohli of India (529 runs in 13 matches).
Highest strike rate (minimum 500 balls): 101.59 by Shikhar Dhawan of India (701 runs in 10 matches).
Most 100s: 3 centuries each by Shikhar Dhawan, Sourav Ganguly (both from India), Chris Gayle (West Indies), and Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa).
Most 50s: 6 half-centuries by Rahul Dravid of India.
Most ducks: 4 zeros in 17 matches by Shane Watson of Australia.
Most sixes: 17 maximums in 13 matches by Sourav Ganguly of India.
Most sixes in an innings: 7 sixes each by Craig McMillan of New Zealand (64 vs USA in 2004) and Shane Watson of Australia (136 vs England in 2009).
Most runs in one edition: 474 runs in eight matches by Chris Gayle of the West Indies in the 2006 edition.
Most wickets: 28 wickets in 15 matches by Kyle Mills of New Zealand.
Best bowling figures: 6 for 14 in nine overs by Farveez Maharoof of Sri Lanka against the West Indies in Mumbai on October 14, 2006.
Most five-wicket hauls: 1 fifer each by Shayne O’Connor (NZ), Farveez Maharoof (SL), Josh Hazlewood (AUS), Ravindra Jadeja (IND), Wayne Parnell (SA), Makhaya Ntini (SA), Jacob Oram (NZ), Mervyn Dillon (WI), Shahid Afridi (PAK), Glenn McGrath (PAK), and Jacques Kallis (SA).
Most wickets in one edition: 13 wickets in five matches by Hasan Ali of Pakistan in 2017.
Most dismissals: 33 (28 catches, 5 stumpings) by Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka.
Most catches: 15 catches in 22 matches by Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka.
Highest partnership: 252 runs for the second wicket between Shane Watson and Ricky Ponting of Australia against England in Centurion on October 2, 2009.
Most matches: 22 matches each by Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka.
Most wins as captain: 12 wins in 16 matches by Ricky Ponting of Australia.
Winners: South Africa (1998), New Zealand (2000), India and Sri Lanka (shared in 2002), West Indies (2004), Australia (2006, 2009), India (2013), and Pakistan (2017).
In the last Champions Trophy match played at the Oval on June 18, 2017, Pakistan hammered India by 180 runs to win the title.
