Scoring the most runs in a world test championship is one of the most difficult tasks, as it requires a lot of focus and hard work that eventually decides the winners and runners of WTC. Why is scoring runs in a World Test Championship test match a difficult task? Because it requires a lot of dedicated effort to deceive bowler plans, running between the pitch and striking the ball to different corners of the ground.
Therefore, scoring the highest runs and achieving the first position is not an easy task. Aside from bowlers and fielders, the batsman faces a wide range of challenges in test cricket. Facing tough weather conditions is one of the most difficult challenges. Hot and humid weather makes it really difficult for batters to stay consistent on the pitch for a whole day. In the same way, windy weather challenges the batsman’s skill to play inswing and outswing balls.
Similarly, when a ball gets old, then it starts to reverse swing. Hence, it induces another kind of challenge for any batsman.
There was a time when test cricket focused mainly on bilateral series, with no inter-team competition. But things changed when ICC decided to start a global test match competition known as World Test Championship.
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World Test Championship is an umbrella of test series between test-playing nations. A successful test championship team works extremely hard to win the test series by scoring the most runs and taking the most wickets.
Highest Run Scorer in World Test Championship 2021-23
Joe Root is the leading run scorer in World Test Championship cycle 2021-23. He scored 1915 runs in 22 Test matches. Joe Root has scored the most centuries in WTC 2021-23. Moreover, he scores 06 fifties with a batting average of 53. His highest Individidaul score is 180* in WTC.
Usman Khawaja and Babar Azam are respectively the 2nd and 3rd highest runs scorers in this WTC. Babar Azam is the leading fifty makes for this cycle of the World Test Championship Here is the list of overall leading run scorers in most runs in the World Test Championship 2021-23.
| Batsman | Team | Matches | Runs | H/S | Avg. | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Root | England | 22 | 1915 | 180* | 53.19 | 8 | 6 |
| Usman Khawaja | Australia | 16 | 1608 | 195* | 69.91 | 6 | 7 |
| Babar Azam | Pakistan | 14 | 1527 | 196 | 61.08 | 4 | 10 |
| M Labuschagne | Australia | 19 | 1509 | 204 | 53.89 | 5 | 5 |
| Jonny Bairstow | England | 15 | 1285 | 162 | 51.4 | 6 | 2 |
| Steven Smith | Australia | 19 | 1252 | 200* | 50.08 | 3 | 6 |
| Travis Head | Australia | 17 | 1208 | 175 | 52.52 | 3 | 6 |
| FDM Karunaratne | Sri Lanka | 12 | 1054 | 147 | 47.9 | 2 | 8 |
| Litton Das | Bangladesh | 12 | 1024 | 141 | 46.54 | 3 | 6 |
| Carlos Brathwaite | West Indies | 13 | 994 | 160 | 43.21 | 2 | 7 |
| Abdullah Shafique | Pakistan | 12 | 992 | 160* | 47.23 | 3 | 4 |
| Ben Stokes | England | 18 | 971 | 120 | 32.36 | 2 | 4 |
Most Runs for India in World Test Championship 2021-23
- Cheteshwar Pujara is the leading run scorer for India in WTC 2023. He scored 887 runs in 16 World Test Champions Cycle 2021-23 matches.
- Virat Kohli is India’s second highest run scorer in the World Test Championship. He scored 869 runs in 16 Test matches of WTC 2021-23.
- Rishab Pant scored 868 runs in 12 Matches of WTC for India. He scored 02 centuries and 05 fifties in WCT 2023 cycle.
These three batters played an important role for India to qualify for the final of WTC and won huge prize money.
| Batsman | Matches | Runs | H/S | Avg. | 100 | 50 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheteshwar Pujara | 16 | 887 | 102* | 32.85 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Virat Kohli | 16 | 869 | 186 | 32.18 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Rishab Pant | 12 | 868 | 146 | 43.4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Rohit Sharma | 10 | 700 | 127 | 43.75 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 12 | 673 | 175* | 37.38 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Shreyas Iyer | 10 | 666 | 105 | 44.4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| KL Rahul | 11 | 636 | 129 | 30.28 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Shubman Gill | 7 | 476 | 128 | 36.61 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Axar Patel | 9 | 458 | 84 | 45.8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ravi Ashwin | 13 | 444 | 61 | 23.36 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Now, we will look at the leading run scorer for Australia in World Test Championship.
Most Runs for Australia in World Test Championship 2021-23
Usman Khawaja is the highest run scorer for Australia in World Test Championship 23. He scored 1608 runs in 16 test matches with a batting average of 69. His batting average is highest in World Test Championship. Moreover, he has scored 06 centuries and 07 fifties.
Marnus Labuschagne scored 1509 runs in 19 Test matches with a batting average of 53.
| Batsman | Matches | Runs | H/s | Avg. | 1000 | 50 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UT Khawaja | 16 | 1608 | 195* | 69.91 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| M Labuschagne | 19 | 1509 | 204 | 53.89 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| SPD Smith | 19 | 1252 | 200* | 50.08 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| TM Head | 17 | 1208 | 175 | 52.52 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| DA Warner | 17 | 847 | 200 | 31.37 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| C Green | 16 | 705 | 114 | 39.16 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| AT Carey | 19 | 689 | 111 | 31.31 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| MA Starc | 16 | 256 | 39* | 19.69 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| NM Lyon | 19 | 236 | 38 | 15.73 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| PJ Cummins | 15 | 216 | 34* | 14.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
