The T20 format has been dominated by a bunch of batters ever because the format’s inception. The proliferation of T20 leagues moreover worldwide T20s has enabled a number of batters to make a reputation for themselves within the format.
Here’s a have a look at the main run-scorers in T20 cricket:
Chris Gayle – 14562 runs
The behemoth of all T20 batters, Chris Gayle dominates the batting charts in T20s. In a profession spanning 17 years from 2005 to 2022, Gayle has plundered a bunch of batting information. The Caribbean legend has amassed 14,562 runs in 455 matches. Gayle has struck 22 centuries within the format – essentially the most amongst all batters. He additionally tops the six-hitting charts with 1056 maximums. Gayle is the quickest batter to achieve 12,000 runs within the format and is the one participant with 14,000-plus runs.
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Shoaib Malik – 13360 runs
Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik performed his first T20 in 2005. 19 years on, Malik continues to play within the format. The 42-year-old was lately seen in motion throughout the Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL) 2024. Malik has amassed 13360 runs within the format, second amongst all batters. Malik has struck 83 half-centuries within the format with a career-best of 95*. He averages 36.40 with a strike-rate above 127 throughout 542 T20s.
Kieron Pollard – 12900
Regardless of enjoying a bit of his T20 profession since debut within the center and decrease order, Kieron Pollard has amassed almost 13000 runs within the T20 format. Nobody has performed extra T20s than Pollard’s 660 appearances. The West Indian powerhouse has clobbered 860 sixes, solely second to Gayle, and by the way greater than the tally of fours hit in his profession. Pollard can be one of many few batters to have struck six sixes in an over in T20Is.
Alex Hales – 12319
English opener Alex Hales has profiled a outstanding T20 profession with 12000-plus T20 runs. Hales aggregated 12319 runs from 449 matches with a career-best of 104. He has crossed the century mark six instances in his profession moreover 78 half-centuries and is on the verge of finishing 500 T20 sixes (494).
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David Warner – 12065
Australia opener David Warner charted his method into worldwide cricket via his swashbuckling prowess in T20 cricket. The dashing left-hander lately turned the fifth batter to cross 12,000 runs, scaling the mark in simply 368 innings, the quickest after Gayle. Warner stands second on the checklist of most fifty-plus scores within the format, with 109 such cases.
Virat Kohli – 11994
Star India batter Virat Kohli stands sixth on the all-time checklist. Kohli might grow to be the second-fastest batter to achieve 12,000 T20 runs throughout the IPL 2024 opener for Royal Challengers Bangalore in opposition to Chennai Tremendous Kings. Kohli was the quickest to 11,000 T20 runs, having scaled the mark in solely 353 matches. The 35-year-old has eight T20 a whole lot, essentially the most amongst all Indians, with a career-best knock of 122 not out. Kohli holds a number of T20 information and is the main run-getter in T20Is (4037) and T20 World Cups (1141).
*Stats as of March 22, 2024.