Nine editions of the T20 World Cup have passed, and we have five different winners so far, with England, West Indies, and India winning the tournament twice each.
There have been lots of records created in the preceding events, and we will look at the list of 10 batsmen with the most runs in a single T20 World Cup edition.
Most Runs in a T20 World Cup Edition
| Player | Runs | Inns | Avg | SR | High Score | 50s/100s | Edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virat Kohli (IND) | 319 | 6 | 106.33 | 129.15 | 77 | 4/0 | 2014 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) | 317 | 7 | 52.83 | 144.75 | 96* | 3/0 | 2009 |
| Babar Azam (PAK) | 303 | 6 | 60.6 | 126.25 | 70 | 4/0 | 2021 |
| Mahela Jayawardene (SL) | 302 | 6 | 60.4 | 159.79 | 100 | 2/1 | 2010 |
| Virat Kohli (IND) | 296 | 6 | 98.66 | 136.4 | 82* | 4/0 | 2022 |
| Tamim Iqbal (BAN) | 295 | 6 | 73.75 | 142.51 | 103* | 1/1 | 2016 |
| David Warner (AUS) | 289 | 7 | 48.16 | 146.7 | 89* | 3/0 | 2021 |
| Mohammad Rizwan (PAK) | 281 | 6 | 70.25 | 127.72 | 79* | 3/0 | 2021 |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz (AFG) | 281 | 8 | 35.12 | 124.33 | 80 | 3/0 | 2024 |
| Virat Kohli (IND) | 273 | 5 | 136.5 | 146.77 | 89* | 3/0 | 2016 |
Key Insights
India’s former skipper Virat Kohli is the only one to feature in this list three times. Kohli was the top run-scorer in 2016 and 2022. He was the Player of the Tournament in both the 2014 and 2016 editions, though India failed to win the event on both occasions in the knockout stages.
Tamim Iqbal, Jos Buttler, and Mahela Jayawardene are the only batters on the list to score a century in the T20 World Cup. These are their only T20I century for their respective countries. You can find out the list of the highest individual scores in the tournament here.
Known to be a classy player of the Test match mold, Jayawardene’s strike rate of 159.79 in 2010 in the West Indies is the highest on this list.
Kohli’s average of 136.50 in 2016 is the most by any batter in a single edition of the T20 World Cup (minimum 250 runs). Kohli in 2016 was a magic.
Tillakaratne Dilshan, who famously invented the Dilscoop, top-scored with 317 runs in 2009 in the event held in England and was named the Player of the Tournament. He was the first batter to cross the 300-run barrier in a single edition. Despite Dilshan’s efforts, Sri Lanka, unfortunately, lost in the final to Pakistan.
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