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Most runs in WTC for India ft. Yashasvi Jaiswal & Shubman Gill

by · Inside Sport India

There's only one Indian batter in the top ten run-scorers in WTC history.

We are in the third edition of the World Test Championship (WTC). The red-ball tournament initiative was taken by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2019. New Zealand were crowned the inaugural champions after beating India in 2021. Australia took the second championship in 2023, and earlier this year, South Africa joined the party.

Speaking of just India, they made the finals in 2021 and 2023 but fell short each time. Some of this was due to India’s struggling batting. Only one Indian batter has averaged over 50 since the WTC began in 2019. That’s Yashasvi Jaiswal. He occupies the sixth spot among the top Indian scorers in the tournament, as he made his debut in 2023.

Shubman Gill holds the top spot, which Rishabh Pant occupied for a long period. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who retired in May from Test cricket, are placed third and fourth. Ravindra Jadeja is fifth, while KL Rahul is seventh on the list.

Most runs in WTC for India

PlayerSpanInningsRunsHSAverage100s50s
Shubman Gill2019-202571282626943.47108
Rishabh Pant2019-202567273114643.34616
Rohit Sharma2019-202469271621241.1598
Virat Kohli2019-2024792617254*35.36511
Ravindra Jadeja2019-2025692505175*43.94517
Yashasvi Jaiswal2019-2025482428214*52.60712
KL Rahul2019-202557202213736.7668
Cheteshwar Pujara2019-2023621769102*29.98115
Ajinkya Rahane2019-202349158911534.5439
Mayank Agarwal2019-202233129324339.1844