T20 cricket is the new normal in the universe of cricket. This format is a jackpot for players all around the world. T20 cricket has filled up the gap of money for many players from different countries. It has become the most played format of the game. Nowadays we can see that every nation has its own franchise, the T20 League. As a matter of fact, T20 cricket is the reason the most number of cricketers struggle to perform in test cricket because the red ball makes all the differences like seam movement. But it has definitely enhanced the attacking approach in fielding and batting. Over the years many players have made plenty of runs in the shortest format of the game. Let’s pay attention to the top 9 run scorer in T20 International.
Virat Kohli- Highest T20 Runs By a Batsman
Virat Kohli is the top run-scorer (2928) in T20 international. The modern-day great has consistently scored runs in all formats of the game. He is certainly one of the best batsmen the game has ever seen. Virat Kohli made his first appearance in a T20 international against Zimbabwe in 2010. So far he has played 10 years of T20 cricket.
Matches runs avg sr best 5os 100s
84 2928 50.48 138.44 94 25 -
Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma is the 2nd top run-scorer in the history of T20 cricket. He is one of the best openers to ever play the game. He also holds the record of scoring the most number of 100s in T20 internationals. He played his first T20 international match in 2007 against England. Rohit has been playing for India for 13 years now.
Matches runs avg sr best 5os 100s
108 2773 32.24 138.79 118 21 4
Martin Guptill
Martin Guptill is the 4th highest run-scorer in the shortest format of the game. He is known for his classy aggressive approach towards the game. Guptill made his first appearance in T20s in 2009 against Australia. His T20 career has been of 11 years (2009-present)so far.
Matches runs avg sr best 5os 100s
94 2621 31.58 134.62 105 15 2
Shoaib Malik
Shoaib Malik is the 4th top run-scorer in T20 cricket history. He has been one of the main players of Pakistan in the format. Malik made his T20 debut in 2006 against England. He has played 14 years (2006-2020) of T20 cricket for Pakistan.
Matches runs avg sr best 5os 100s
116 2335 31.13 124.2 75 8 -
Mohammad Hafeez–Top 9 Run Scorer in T20
Mohammad Hafeez is the 5th highest run scorer in T20 cricket. Hafeez has been absolutely phenomenal throughout the years. He has been playing T20 cricket since 2006.
Matches runs avg sr best 5os 100s
94 2323 27.99 121.31 99 14 -
Eion Morgan
Eion Morgan is the 6th highest run-scorer in T20 cricket. The English captain is known for his hard-hitting, has been playing for 11 years now, since his debut in 2009 against the Netherlands.
Matches runs avg sr best 5os 100s
97 2278 30.37 138.98 91 14 -
David Warner
David Warner is the 7th top run scorer in T20 cricket history. He is one of the best openers in the world currently. Warner played his first international T20 in 2009 against South Africa. It’s been 11 years since Warner is playing and his tremendous batting has rewarded him the chance to play the biggest franchise T20 league in the World (IPL).
Matches runs avg sr best 5os 100s
81 2265 31.46 139.73 100 18 1
Aaron Finch–Top 9 Run Scorer in T20
Current Australian white-ball captain Aaron Finch is the 8th highest run-scorer in T20. He is the second Australian on the list. Finch is regarded as one of the best white-ball cricketers of Australia. Finch made his T20 debut in 2011 against England. He has the second-best strike rate among the top 10 run-getters of T20s.
Matches runs avg sr best 5os 100s
66 2149 37.7 154.05 172 12 2
Brendon McCullum
Brendon McCullum is the 9th highest run-scorer in the history of international T20s. In his era, he was one of the best hitters in the world. He was also part of the first-ever t20 match against Australia. He has the best strike-rate among the top 10 scorers in T20 internationals. He has been holding 9th place for 5 years now. He represented New Zealand for 10 years in T20s (2005-2015).
Matches runs avg sr best 5os 100s
71 2140 35.67 136.22 123 13 2
Paul Stirling–Top 9 Run Scorer in T20
Irish batsman Paul Stirling is the 10th highest run-scorer in the T20s. He is the backbone of the Ireland team. His career is of 11 years as of 2021 (2009-2020). He played his first T20 international match against Pakistan in 2009.
Matches runs avg sr best 5os 100s
78 2124 29.5 139.28 95 18 -