Records
Records broken during the tournament:
- Most consecutive defeats, 9, Zimbabwe (carried over from previous tournaments).
- Most consecutive wins: 7, West Indies (carried over from previous tournaments).
- Number of centuries in a tournament: 3, Chris Gayle
- Most runs in a tournament: 474, Gayle
- Most consecutive ducks: 3, Habibul Bashar (carried over from previous tournaments)
- Youngest centurion in a Champions Trophy: Shahriar Nafees, 123 not out,Bangladesh v Zimbabwe, aged 20 years 261 days.
- Highest third wicket partnership: 165, Upul Tharanga and Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Sardar Patel Stadium, 10 October.
- Highest fifth wicket partnership: 137, Brian Lara and Runako Morton, West Indies v Australia at Brabourne Stadium, 18 October.
- Highest sixth wicket partnership: 131, Mark Boucher and Justin Kemp, South Africa v Pakistan at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, 27 October.
- Highest seventh wicket partnership: 103, Jacob Oram and Daniel Vettori, New Zealand v Australia at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, 1 November.
- Best bowling analysis: 9–2–14–6, Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lanka v West Indies, Brabourne Stadium, 14 October.
- First hat-trick: Jerome Taylor v Australia, Brabourne Stadium, 18 October.
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