Stats: Most runs in a season in List A cricket in India
Dinesh Karthik scored his runs at an average of 85.4, strike-rate of 105.56 and struck 3 centuries and 5 fifties during this season.
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Dinesh Karthik ended the 2016/17 domestic in style with some consistent performances throughout the 50-over domestic competitions; Vijay Hazare Trophy and Deodhar Trophy. He scored 854 runs across two tournaments and played a major role in his stateside Tamil Nadu’s success in being crowned as the Vijay Hazare Trophy and Deodhar Trophy champions.
Despite playing only 12 List A games in the 2016/17 season, his tally of 854 runs is the 4th most in a season in List A cricket in India. The record for most runs in a season in List A cricket on Indian soil is held by Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 1159 runs in 1995/96 season. Dinesh Karthik scored his runs at an average of 85.4, strike-rate of 105.56 and struck 3 centuries and 5 fifties during this season. All his runs have come for Tamil Nadu. The previous most List A runs scored by a player for a team in an Indian season was 695 runs by Sachin in 2009/10 season, where he scored those runs for India in ODIs.
Most runs in List A cricket in an Indian season:
| Name | Teams | Season | Matches | Inns | Runs | HS | Ave | 100s | 50s |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India, Bombay, India A, Wills XI | 1995/96 | 21 | 21 | 1159 | 137 | 61 | 4 | 6 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India, Bombay, India Seniors | 1994/95 | 17 | 17 | 1040 | 120* | 65 | 4 | 8 |
| Ajay Jadeja | India, Haryana, Board President’s XI, India Seniors | 1997/98 | 21 | 20 | 1028 | 116* | 79.07 | 3 | 8 |
| Dinesh Karthik | Tamil Nadu | 2016/17 | 12 | 12 | 854 | 126 | 85.4 | 3 | 5 |
| Robin Uthappa | Karnataka, India A, South Zone, India Red | 2013/14 | 17 | 17 | 820 | 133 | 51.25 | 4 | 1 |
| Sridharan Sriram | Tamil Nadu, India A, South Zone | 2003/04 | 16 | 16 | 813 | 105* | 54.2 | 1 | 8 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India, India Seniors | 1996/97 | 13 | 13 | 776 | 117 | 64.66 | 4 | 4 |
| VVS Laxman | India, Hyderabad, South Zone, India Seniors | 2000/01 | 16 | 16 | 774 | 101 | 51.6 | 1 | 6 |
| Mohammad Kaif | India, Uttar Pradesh, Central Zone, India B | 2001/02 | 18 | 17 | 762 | 120 | 54.42 | 1 | 7 |
| Sanjay Manjrekar | India, Mumbai, West Zone, India A | 1996/97 | 14 | 14 | 760 | 127* | 76 | 1 | 6 |
| Vinod Kambli | India, Mumbai, West Zone, India Seniors | 1997/98 | 17 | 17 | 758 | 136* | 47.37 | 2 | 2 |
| MS Dhoni | India, Jharkhand, India A | 2016/17 | 17 | 16 | 755 | 134 | 58.07 | 2 | 3 |
| Abhinav Mukund | Tamil Nadu, South Zone, India Blue | 2009/10 | 10 | 10 | 739 | 130 | 73.9 | 2 | 6 |
| Dinesh Mongia | India, Punjab, North Zone, India B | 2001/02 | 21 | 21 | 738 | 159* | 41 | 2 | 2 |
| Yuvraj Singh | India, India Seniors | 2005/06 | 20 | 19 | 724 | 103 | 51.71 | 2 | 5 |
Karthik scored 8 fifty-plus scores in the 12 List A innings in this season, the joint 5th most scores of fifty and more for any player in a single List A season in India. Sachin had 12 fifty-plus scores in 17 innings in 1994/95 season. Among the players with 8 or more fifty-plus scores in an Indian season, Karthik’s rate is the 2nd best behind Abhinav Mukund’s 8 fifty-plus scores in 10 List A innings in 2009/10 season.
Most fifty-plus scores in List A cricket in an Indian season:
| Name | Teams | Season | Matches | Inns | 50+ | 100s | 50s | Runs |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India, Bombay, India Seniors | 1994/95 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 1040 |
| Ajay Jadeja | India, Haryana, Board President’s XI, India Seniors | 1997/98 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1028 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India, Bombay, India A, Wills XI | 1995/96 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1159 |
| Sridharan Sriram | Tamil Nadu, India A, South Zone | 2003/04 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 813 |
| Dinesh Karthik | Tamil Nadu | 2016/17 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 854 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India, India Seniors | 1996/97 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 776 |
| Mohammad Kaif | India, Uttar Pradesh, Central Zone, India B | 2001/02 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 762 |
| Abhinav Mukund | Tamil Nadu, South Zone, India Blue | 2009/10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 739 |
| Amay Khurasiya | India, Madhya Pradesh, Central Zone, India A, India Seniors | 1998/99 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 701 |
(Stats updated till 29th March 2017)
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