Race For The Most Runs In ICC Test Championship Begins As Smith On 1st Position Followed By Rohit, Rahane, Kohli
Mumbai: After a dominating win over South Africa, India is looking in a solid position in the point table of World Test Championship, after winning 2 test series, India is sitting on top of the table with 240 points which is more than remaining total of points secured by other teams.
Rohit Sharma had given a chance to open in Test, and he made proper use of that opportunity by smashing 529 runs in 3 test matches with a massive average of 132.35 including 2 Hundred and 1 Double Hundred. He deservedly bagged Man of the Match award and now he is a second leading run-scorer in World Test Championship after Steven Smith who has made 774 runs in 4 matches against England in Ashes 2019.
After finding some form in West Indies, Indian vice-captain, Ajinkya Rahane made his Hundred against South Africa in the Last test. His century in the home was after 3 years. He finds himself at third position after Rohit Sharma with 427 runs at an average of 81.16 in WTC most runs.
Followed by Indian captain and ICC ranked World no. 2 Batsman, Virat Kohli who finds himself on 4th position with 53 runs from five Tests which includes a personal best of 254* vs South Africa at Vizag in the second Test.
England’s All-Rounder, Ben Stokes is in the fourth spot and is followed by the other Indian opener Mayank Agarwal, who has shown a great promise. Rory Burns, Marnus Labuschangne, Matthew Wade and Joe Root make up for the remaining batsmen in the list of top ten run-getters in the WTC.
List of 10 run-getters in WTC are as follows:
| Name | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | Highest Score |
| Steve Smith | 4 | 7 | 774 | 110.57 | 211 |
| Rohit Sharma | 3 | 4 | 529 | 132.25 | 212 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 5 | 8 | 487 | 81.16 | 115 |
| Virat Kohli | 5 | 8 | 453 | 75.50 | 254* |
| Ben Stokes | 5 | 10 | 441 | 55.13 | 135* |
| Mayank Agarwal | 5 | 8 | 420 | 52.50 | 215 |
| Rory Burns | 5 | 10 | 390 | 39.00 | 133 |
| Marnus Labuschangne | 4 | 7 | 353 | 50.42 | 80 |
| Matthew Wade | 5 | 10 | 337 | 33.70 | 117 |
| Joe Root | 5 | 10 | 325 | 32.50 | 77 |
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