Stats: Top order batsmen for India and England - A comparison

India’s top three batsmen- Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli- have been the success story of the tournament so far as they have amassed 633 runs at an combine average of 70.33 and strike-rate of 90.04. While England’s top three haven’t been as prolific, they’ve also all been among the runs. Jonathan Trott has to his name 209 runs at a strike rate of almost 90, which are not bad stats at all for a batsman who allegedly can’t score runs quickly, while the openers, Alastair Cook and Ian Bell, have three fifties between them.

India’s top three have scored a whopping 78% of the runs for India, while the corresponding figure for England is 59%. It’s fair to say that India’s middle order hasn’t been tested yet, and Sunday could well be an occasion for them to come to the fore.

Here are the stats of Nos.1-3 for India and England in the Champions Trophy so far

*Stats are updated up to 22 June, 2013