ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY 2017

CT17 final stats: Pakistan become fourth team to win all three ICC crowns

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After West Indies, India and Sri Lanla, Pakistan became the fourth team to win the World Cup, the World T20 and the Champions Trophy title.
After West Indies, India and Sri Lanla, Pakistan became the fourth team to win the World Cup, the World T20 and the Champions Trophy title. © Getty

Pakistan beat India by 180 runs at The Oval on Sunday (June 18) to clinch their maiden Champions Trophy title. After being sent into bat, Pakistan put up 338 for 4 on the back of a strong 128-run for the first wicket between Azhar Ali (59) and Fakhar Zaman (114). Babar Azam scored 46 while Mohammad Hafeez chipped in with an unbeaten 37-ball 57. Chasing a stiff target, India lost their top three inside the Powerplay and the rest of the line-up who had faced only 159 balls in the tournament till then was left with over 300 to get. Hardik Pandya scored 76 off just 43 balls but the innings folded out quick after his dismissal.

Stats highlights from the finals of the eight edition of Champions Trophy:

4 Pakistan became the fourth team to win all the three ICC World titles - World Cup, Champions Trophy and World T20. They won their only World Cup in 1992, World T20 in England in 2009 and now the Champions Trophy. West Indies, India and Sri Lanka are the other teams to do it.

7 Appearances for Yuvraj Singh in the finals of ICC events - World Cups in 2003 and 2011, World T20s in 2007 and 2013 and Champions Trophy in 2000, 2002 and now - the most by any player. He went past the record of six each by Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene and RickyPonting.

At 18 years & 257 days, Shadab Khan is the youngest to win an ICC ODI tournament final. Yuvraj Singh (18y 308d) in Champions Trophy 2000 final was the previous youngest to appear in a final while Aaquib Javed (19y 233d) in World Cup 1992 final was the previous youngest to win one.

13 Years since Pakistan put together two opening stands of 100 or more before Azhar Ali and Fakhar Zaman's 128 today in addition to 118 in the semifinal against England. The last to do so was Yasir Hameed and Imran Farhat against New Zealand at home in December 2003.

252 runs scored by Fakhar Zaman after the first four ODIs - the most by a Pakistan player going past 229 by Saleem Elahi. It is also the most by a Pakistan player in an edition of the Champions Trophy. He is the sixth player and first from Pakistan to have three fifty-plus scores in first ODI after Navjot Sidhu, Ravindu Shah, Tom Cooper, Peter Forrest and Usman Ghani.

Most runs for PAK in an edition of Champions Trophy

Player Year Inngs Runs Highest Avg SR 100s/50s 50
Fakhar Zaman 2017 4 252 114 63 113 1/2 2
Azhar Ali 2017 5 228 76 45.6 74.02 0/3 3
Saeed Anwar 2000 2 209 105* 209 83.93 2/0 0
Mohammad Yousuf 2009 4 200 87 50 75.18 0/1 1

Pakistan players scoring a century in the finals of an ICC tournament - Fakhar being the first. The only other Pakistan batsmen to score a hundred in knockout game is ICC events is Saeed Anwar, who scored three. Fakhar is also the second Pakistan player to score a hundred in Champions Trophy after Saeed Anwar's two in the 2000 edition in Kenya.

114 by Fakhar is the highest for a Pakistan player in his debut innings against India. The only other Pakistan player to score a hundred was Salman Butt who scored an unbeaten 108 in Kolkata in 2004.

3 Bowlers conceding over 60 runs in finals of Champions Trophy - all three from India. R Ashwin conceded 70 while Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja gave away 68 and 67 respectively. The previous most conceded was 58 by Darren Gough against West Indies at the Oval in 2004.

338 for 4 by Pakistan is their second highest total against India in ODIs following 344 for 8 in Karachi in 2004. It is the second highest total in Champions Trophy history after New Zealand's 347 for 4 at The Oval in 2004. The only other 300-plus score in an ICC tournament final was 359 for 2 by Australia against India in Johannesburg in 2003.

Highest totals in Champions Trophy

Team Score Opposition Ground Start Date Result
New Zealand 347/4 U.S.A. The Oval 10 Sep 04 won
Pakistan 338/4 India The Oval 18 Jun 17 won
India 331/7 South Africa Cardiff 6 Jun 13 won
England 323/8 South Africa Centurion 27 Sep 09 won
Sri Lanka 322/3 India The Oval 8 Jun 17 won
India 321/6 Sri Lanka The Oval 8 Jun 17 lost

22.00 Average for Virat Kohli in eight ODI finals. He has scored only 154 runs from eight innings at a strike rate of 77.77 with a highest of 43 against England in the finals of Champions Trophy in 2013 in Edgbaston.

32 Balls taken by Hardik Pandya to reach his fifty - the fastest ever in an ICC ODI tournament final. The previous fastest was off 33 balls by Adam Gilchrist against Pakistan at Lord's in the finals of 1999 World Cup. Mohammad Hafeez scored a 34-ball fifty earlier in the day.

15 Sixes hit in the final - nine by Pakistan and six by India. It is the most in a Champions Trophy match eclipsing 14 each in the matches between New Zealand and USA at The Oval in 2004 and England and South Africa in Centurion in 2009. It is also the most in an ICC ODI tournament final surpassing 14 in the 2003 World Cup final between India and Australia in Johannesburg in 2003.

1 Figures better than Mohammad Amir's 3 for 16 and Hassan Ali's 3 for 19 in the finals of Champions Trophy. Jacques Kallis took 5 for 30 against West Indies in Dhaka in the final of ICC Knockout in 1998.

180-runs is the biggest margin of win in terms of runs for Pakistan against India going past their 159-run win in Delhi in 2005. It is the also the biggest losing margin for a full member nation in Champions Trophy surpassing 167-run loss for Bangladesh in the hands of New Zealand in Colombo (SSC) in 2002.

Biggest winning margins in Champions Trophy (by runs)

Team Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
New Zealand 210 runs U.S.A. The Oval 10 Sep 04
Sri Lanka 206 runs Netherlands Colombo (RPS) 16 Sep 02
Pakistan 180 runs India The Oval 18 Jun 17
South Africa 176 runs Kenya Colombo (RPS) 20 Sep 02
New Zealand 167 runs Bangladesh Colombo (SSC) 23 Sep 02
Australia 164 runs New Zealand Colombo (SSC) 15 Sep 02
England 152 runs Zimbabwe Birmingham 10 Sep 04
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