T20 cricket is all about momentum, and this holds throughout the game, especially in the death overs. So irrespective of whether the team is batting or bowling, a strong finish is paramount, and here we will focus on the finishing aspect of the batting department.
Every side in T20 cricket has a designated finisher in their team, one who can clear the ropes at will and has the ability to destroy the bowling attacks. These are the players that can make or break the game for their team.
So we will see the players who have had the maximum impact in the T20 international format while batting at the death overs. Here are the top 10 batters with the most runs in death overs in T20Is.
Most Runs in Death Overs in T20I (Overall)
| Player | Innings | Runs in Death Overs | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Miller (SA) | 65 | 966 | 180.22 |
| Hardik Pandya (IND) | 60 | 904 | 186.00 |
| MS Dhoni (IND) | 62 | 856 | 160.60 |
| Mohammad Nabi (AFG) | 67 | 854 | 185.65 |
| Najibullah Zadran (AFG) | 54 | 838 | 199.04 |
| Virat Kohli (IND) | 43 | 777 | 198.21 |
| Mahmudullah (BAN) | 60 | 748 | 152.65 |
| Shoaib Malik (PAK) | 59 | 745 | 172.45 |
| Dasun Shanaka (SL) | 57 | 712 | 165.58 |
| Dipendra Singh Airee (NEP) | 30 | 615 | 218.86 |
(You can check out other death over related stats here.)
Key Insights
7: The number of batters who have scored 700 or more cumulative T20I runs in the last 4 overs of a batting innings. They are David Miller, MS Dhoni, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Shoaib Malik, Hardik Pandya, and Virat Kohli.
900: David Miller’s T20I run tally in the said period is the most by any batter in the format. He has done so with an average of 32.37, which is great.
9: As expected 9 of the 10 batters on this list are either middle-order or lower-order batters. Only Virat Kohli is a prominent top-order batter on this list.
14: The number of batters who have scored 500 or more runs in T20Is batting in the last 4 overs. Apart from the 10 mentioned here, Eoin Morgan, Ross Taylor, Thisara Perera, and JP Duminy have crossed this landmark. Zimbabwe’s Elton Chigumbura had scored 499 runs.
199.76: This is the highest strike rate by a batter in that phase of an innings, and it came from the bat of Afghanistan’s Najibullah Zadran, who averages 41.85 in this period. And the second-best strike rate is that of former Indian skipper Virat Kohli (198.14), who averages a stunning 46.81 in death overs.
60 Najibullah Zadran has slammed over 60 of his career’s T20I sixes in the said period, making him the most to do so.
