Most runs in T20 World Cup history

The T20 World Cup is one of the fascinating ICC events which has left the fans entertained completely and it is a place where the best of the teams competes against each other. It can also be useful to pick out the best T20I batters going around and the performances in big tournaments have always been rated high. It is not easy to continuously pile up runs in the T20 World Cup but some have overcome the challenge with panache. On that note, here are the top three batters with the most runs in the tournament history.

Chris Gayle

One of the T20 Giants, Chris Gayle is third on the list of the most runs in T20 World Cup history. The West Indian started the tournament with a bang in the maiden edition when he scored a blistering against South Africa in the very first game in 2007. He went on to play till the previous edition in 2021 and was part of two title-winning campaigns in 2012 and 2016. The left-hander accumulated 965 runs in 31 innings at an average of 34.46 and a healthy strike rate of 142.75.

Mahela Jayawardene

Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene held the record of most runs in T20 World Cup for a long time and he had a successful run in the tournament. The right-hander scored 1016 runs in 31 innings at an average of 39.07 and a strike rate of 134.74. He scored a century and six fifties until the 2014 T20 World Cup and was part of the title-winning campaign in 2014.

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli moved to the top of the list during his unbeaten half-century against Bangladesh in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2022. The right-hander has always been up to the task when it comes to T20 World Cups and has bagged the player of the tournament awards in 2014 and 2016. He has scored 1065 runs in just 23 innings at an impeccable average of 88.75 and a strike rate of 132.46. With 13 fifties to his name, Kohli has managed to keep his consistency of the highest order in the tournament.