The consistency of a batter can be determined by one’s batting average. In a format like T20 cricket, which demands aggressiveness intended with urgency, it is always a challenging task for a batter.
Every time the batter walks into the field, he faces new challenges, and it takes the heart of a champion to rise from the dust. Especially in a tournament like T20 World Cup, it is dust made of fire.
Also, it differs from an opener to a lower-order batter when considering batting averages. An opener has more time to construct the innings, whereas a middle-order batter may have to speed up depending on the time he walks into bat. Still, there are much higher chances for a middle-order to stay unbeaten than an opening batter, which directly affects your average batting number.
This article will sort the batters based on their batting average in T20 World Cup matches. (Here’s how batting average is calculated in the game of cricket.)
Point to Note: We picked only the batsman with 500+ runs in the tournament.
Highest Batting Average in T20 World Cups
| PLAYER | AVERAGE IN T20 WORLD CUP MATCHES | INNINGS | RUNS | STRIKE RATE | NOT OUTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virat Kohli (IND) | 58.72 | 33 | 1292 | 128.81 | 11 |
| Kevin Pietersen (ENG) | 44.61 | 15 | 580 | 148.33 | 2 |
| Jos Buttler (ENG) | 42.20 | 34 | 1013 | 147.23 | 10 |
| JP Duminy (SA) | 40.57 | 23 | 568 | 129.68 | 9 |
| Mohammad Rizwan (PAK) | 40.42 | 17 | 566 | 112.97 | 3 |
| Mahela Jayawardene (SL) | 39.07 | 31 | 1016 | 134.74 | 5 |
| Angelo Mathews (SL) | 37.21 | 25 | 521 | 128.96 | 11 |
| Babar Azam (PAK) | 36.60 | 17 | 549 | 111.35 | 2 |
| MS Dhoni (IND) | 35.26 | 29 | 529 | 123.88 | 14 |
| Rohit Sharma (IND) | 34.85 | 44 | 1220 | 133.04 | 9 |
Key Insights
MS Dhoni stayed not out in the tournament games 14 times, which is the highest number of unbeaten innings by any player in the tournament.
Chris Gayle is the only player in the history of T20 World Cups to score two century knocks. Find out the list of T20 WC hundreds here.
Virat Kohli’s numbers in the tournament are unbelievable, as he is heads and shoulders above the rest of the batters. He is the only batter to average above 50 in the T20 World Cup. Kohli averaged 58.72 while scoring 1292 runs in 33 innings.
The chart-topper has also faced the most number of balls, scored the most runs, and has the most 50+ scores in the tournament history. (Find out Kohli’s edition-wise performance in the T20 WC here.)
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