5 cricketers most T20 runs: Check out the names of batters who have scored the highest number of runs in a calendar year in T20 cricket. Here is the list!
Pakistan’s wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan recently surpassed Chris Gayle and became the batter with the highest number of runs in a calendar year.
On this occasion, we look at 5 batters who have the most number of runs in a calendar year in T20 cricket (which covers all T20 cricket, and not only internationals):
#5 – AB de Villiers
Mr. 360 has been a legend of the game. It was a pity that he had to prematurely in the year 2018 from international cricket.
However, his best in T20s was yet to come. The very next year in 2019, he amassed 1,580 runs at an average of 52.66, while striking at 156.90!
#4 – Virat Kohli
The Indian Test and ODI skipper was in phenomenal form in the year 2016. He scored four centuries in a single season of IPL in that year!
His aggregate that year was 1,614 runs, averaging a monstrous 89.66 runs per game, with a strike rate of 147.12!
#3 – Babar Azam
The Pakistani skipper is just a gem of a batter that has blessed world cricket for some time now. The fact that he is the No.1 T20I batter in the world currently, shows his consistency in the shortest format.
In the current year, he has already scored 1,627 runs, averaging 54.23 and striking at 133.57!
With Babar and Rizwan both there in Top 5, it shows why Pakistan has been so successful in T20 cricket in recent years.
#2 – Chris Gayle
The Universe Boss has all but bid adieu to international cricket. However, he leaves an unmatched legacy in T20 cricket. You cannot have a Top 5 T20 list without his name in there, somewhere!
In the year 2015, Gayle scored 1,665 runs, averaging 59.46 and striking at 164.52 runs per 100 balls!
This record stood for a good 6 years before our No.1 broke it last week!
#1 – Mohammad Rizwan
The Pakistani batter has been in phenomenal run-scoring form ever since he has started opening the batting. This shows in his stats, as he surpassed Gayle last week to become the highest run-getter in a calendar year in T20 cricket!
In this year, he has already amassed 1,676 runs, while averaging 57.79 runs per game and striking at 132.59!
So these are the top 5 batters with the highest T20 runs in a calendar year!
