ICC Champions Trophy: Top 5 run getters of 2017 from the participating nations

Modified May 30, 2017 01:30 IST

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - FEBRUARY 21: The ICC Champions Trophy on February 21, 2017 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Neville Hopwood/Getty Images) — The best batting side might just run away with this trophy given the nature of the pitches in England

#4 Eoin Morgan (England) - 544 runs

LEEDS, ENGLAND - MAY 24: England batsman Eoin Morgan hits out during the 1st Royal London One Day International match between England and South Aafrica at Headingley on May 24, 2017 in Leeds, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) — Morgan has lead from the front this year racking up runs at an average close to 50

Matches - 11, Runs - 544, Avg - 49.45, SR - 98.01, HS - 107

Eoin Morgan has silenced his critics well and truly with a superlative show this year, racking up 544 runs in 11 games with three hundreds, the most by any player this year. He has also smashed a record 19 sixes in ODIs in 2017 and has made the England batting line-up more scarier than ever.

The dynamic skipper capped off his Champions Trophy preparation with a superb hundred against South Africa in the first ODI of the series to jump to the top half of the top run getters this year. Morgan also recorded hundreds against India and West Indies this year and has progressed every bit from a circumspect period in 2016.

Morgan's form will free up the England top-order and also reduces the pressure on Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes.