• The ICC Champions Trophy was originally known as ICC Knock Out tournament. It is now changed to the Champions Trophy in 2002.
• New Zealand’s 347/4 against USA at the Oval in 2004 is the highest score in a Champions Trophy game.
• New Zealand won the first-ever match in the history of the ICC Champions Trophy.
• New Zealand’s 210-run win over USA is the biggest win margin in the Champions Trophy.
• India is the first team to score over 300 in an innings in the ICC Champions Trophy.
• India’s highest score in the Champions Trophy is 307/8 against Australia in 1998 in Dhaka.
• England had a miserable run in this tournament, winning only two matches in the first 3 tournaments.
• USA’s 65 all out in 24 overs against Australia at Southampton in 2004 is the lowest score in Champions Trophy.
• Chris Gayle is the highest scorer in the Champions Trophy with 695 runs in 14 innings in three tournaments.
• Herschelle Gibbs, Chris Gayle and Sourav Ganguly share the record for maximum three hundreds in Champions Trophy.
• Sourav Ganguly is India’s highest score in Champions Trophy. He has 665 runs with three hundreds and three fifties in 11 innings.
• Nathan Astle and Andy Flower jointly hold the record for most runs in a Champions Trophy match. Astle made 145* against USA in 2004; Flower made 145 against India in 2002.
• Craig McMillan holds the record for most 7 sixes in a Champions Trophy match.
• Saeed Anwar, Sourav Ganguly and Herschelle Gibbs are the only players with back-to-back hundreds in the Champions Trophy.
• Sourav Ganguly holds the record for most scores of fifty or more in Champions Trophy. He had made six in 11 innings.
• Sourav Ganguly holds the record for most catches by a fielder in Champions Trophy. He took 12 catches in 13 matches.
• Chris Gayle holds the record for most hundred in one edition of Champions Trophy. He made three hundreds in 2006.
• Jerome Taylor holds the record for most 13 wickets in one edition of Champions Trophy.
• Muttiah Muralitharan holds the record for most wickets in the Champions Trophy. He had 23 at an average of 16.43 from 15 games.
• Sachin Tendulkar’s 4/38 against Australia in 1998 is the best figures by an Indian bowler in the Champions Trophy.
• Kumar Sangakkara and Adam Gilchrist hold the wicket-keeper’s record for most 5 dismissals in a Champions Trophy game. While Sangakkara holds record 26 most dismissals in Champions Trophy.
• Brian Lara holds the record for most 18 Champions Trophy appearances. While Rahul Dravid holds the record for most 16 Champions Trophy appearances by an Indian.
• Kenya conceded 42 extra runs against India, a Champions Trophy record, in 2004.
• Virender Sehwag holds the record for the fastest Champions Trophy hundred. He took just 77 balls for his 100 against England in 2002.
• Shahid Afridi holds the record for the fastest fifty in Champions Trophy. He took 18 balls to score a fifty against Netherlands in 2002.
Author: Mona Gupta, New Delhi
