Captains have an extraordinary responsibility to lead their teams in the field. In every match, every innings, and even in between every over, they have the responsibility to take their teams and lead to the victory path. In some scenarios, the captain will lead their teams by batting or bowling. In this list, we will see the top 10 captains who scored the highest run in a series with their batting. These 10 captains, not only had a duty to lead their team but also performed to their extreme level of excellence and were the highest run-scorer.
1. Babar Azam
The player at the top of this list is BABAR AZAM from the Pakistan team. This was in the ICC men’s cricket world cup super league in the year 2020 – 2023, and Babar scored a total of 1083 runs in this series as captain. He played with an Ave of 83.30 and scored 6 centuries in this series.
2. Zeeshan Maqsood
The player at the no.2nd position is ZEESHAN MAQSOOD, captain of team Oman. This was in the series of ICC cricket world cup of league 2 in the year 2019 – 2023. He scored a total of 917 runs in this series and played with an Ave of 32.75 in this series. Ha also scored 2 centuries and his highest run was 109.
3. Kyle Coetzer
The player at the 3rd spot is the captain of Scotland KYLE COETZER. This was in the series 2019 -2023. This was an ICC cricket world cup series in these years and he had scored a total of 769 runs and played with an Ave of 42.72 in this series. He scored a century which was his highest run of 108*.
4. Assad Vala
At the 4th spot is ASSAD VALA, the captain of PNG. This was during the ICC men’s cricket world cup in the series of league 2 in the year 2019 -2023. He scored a total of 751 runs and played with an Ave of 39.52 in this series and scored a century which was his highest run of 104.
5. Greg Chappell
At the 5th spot is GREG CHAPPELL, the former captain of Australia in the year 1980/81. This was during the Benson and Hedges World cup series with Australia, India, and New Zealand in the year 1980/81. He scored a total of 686 and played with a batting Ave of 68.60 in this series. He scored a century and that was his highest run of 138*.
6. Tamim Iqbal
At the 6th spot is TAMIM IQBAL from the Bangladesh team in the series 2020 -2023. This was in the ICC cricket world cup series of league 2020 -2022/23. He scored a total of 624 in this series and played with an Ave of 36.70 in this series. His highest run was 112.
7. Allan Border
At the 7th spot is the former captain of Australia ALLAN BORDER. This was in the series of 1984/85. This was during the Benson and Hedges world cup series in the 80s. This series included Australia, Sri Lanka, and West Indies. He scored a total of 590 runs in this series.
8. Kane Williamson
At the 8th spot in New Zealand’s Captain KANE WILLIAMSON. This was during the ICC cricket world cup in England in 2019. His team entered the finals but didn’t win the series. He scored a total of 578 runs in the series and played with an Ave of 82.57 in this series. He also scored 2 centuries in this series and his highest run was 148.
9. Andrew Balbirnie
The player in the 9th spot is ANDREW BALBIRNIE, the captain of Ireland. This was in the ICC cricket world cup series of league 2020 – 2022/23. He scored a total of 567 runs in this series and played with an Ave of 37.80 in this series and scored 2 centuries.
10. Virat Kohli
At the 10th spot is the former Indian captain VIRAT KOHLI. This was in the series of 2017/18. This was in the series of the tour to South Africa in the year 2017/18. He scored a total of 558 runs in this series and played with an Ave of 186.00 in this series and scored 3 centuries, with the highest run of 160*.
