ICC T20 World Cup 2021: 5 Players Who Can End Up As The Highest Run Scorer

The ICC T20 world cup 2021 is scheduled to take place this year in the month of October and the countries have started playing a lot more T20s to pick the right squad for the big tournament. There have been doubts over the tournament taking place in India as the IPL 2021 was suspended recently due to the rise in the number of Covid cases in India.

However, there is still three more months time, and the situation could get better before the T20 Worldcup starts taking place. It is five years since the T20 Worldcup took place in 2016, and the West Indies side will start as the defending champions of the tournament. Here are 5 players who can end up as the highest run-scorer in the ICC T20 world cup 2021.

5 Players Who Can End Up As The Highest Run Scorer In ICC T20 World Cup 2021:

Babar Azam:

Babar Azam has been phenomenal with the bat in T20 internationals and the 26-year-old became the fastest batsman to reach 2000 T20 Internationals runs recently. He has scored 2035 runs in 54 T20 internationals so far at an average of 47.3 and a healthy strike rate of nearly 130.

Babar has become one of the top batsmen in the world and his numbers do suggest. He was appointed the captain of the side in all the formats for Pakistan recently and he deserves it too. He will be a key player for Pakistan in the T20 Worldcup and the number two batsman in ICC T20 rankings has a high probability of ending up as the highest run-scorer in the ICC T20 Worldcup 2021.

Rohit Sharma:

Rohit Sharma has been the best batsmen for India in all the formats in the last two years and the vice-captain of the Indian limited-overs-side is a prolific run-scorer in T20 internationals. He holds the record for the most number of T20 internationals hundreds with four centuries already.

The 34-year-old has immense experience in T20s for India and has played 111 games scoring 2864 runs at an average of 32.5 and a strike rate of 139. He was the star batsmen for India in the ICC World cup 2019 and he does know how to perform in the biggest of stages. This could be a big moment in his career too by stepping up for India and there are high chances of him being the top run-scorer in the ICC T20 World cup 2021.

Devon Conway:

The New Zealand top-order batsman Devon Conway has risen his stature in international cricket and he has already pipped as one of the batsmen to watch out for in the T20 Worldcup 2021. Conway had played just 14 T20 internationals so far and has scored 473 runs at an average of 59.1.

Conway has a strike rate of nearly 159.1 and he still hasn’t been tested in the big games yet. But he has shown a lot of maturities so far and recently achieved a massive feat on test debut by scoring a brilliant double century. He is currently ranked fourth in the ICC T20 rankings and he could well be the top scorer in the tournament if he continues his good form so far.

Dawid Malan:

Dawid Malan has been a wonder for England in T20 internationals and he is currently, the number one ranked T20 batsman in the world. The English top-order batsman has been a revelation scoring 1003 runs in the 24 T20 matches at an average of 50.1.

Dawid Malan has been very successful at the number three position for England and he has been playing a lot of risk-free shots which has earned him a lot of runs too. He can play the anchor role for the side and he has the attacking game too in his armory. He has also been in excellent form in recent times and could become the highest-run scorer in the ICC T20 world cup 2021.

David Warner:

David Warner has been going through a tough phase in the IPL but he has been excellent for Australia in T20 internationals and he is a match-winner with the bat at the top of the order. Warner has stepped for the nation in the big tournaments and he can turn a game on its head very quickly.

Warners’s overall numbers in T20 internationals are better with 2265 runs in 81 T20 internationals at an average of 31.4. His strike rate of nearly 140 doesn’t tell the whole story and he can be a very aggressive player while opening. The 34-year-old is approaching the later stages of his career and will be keen to contribute more to his national side with the possibility of becoming the top scorer in the ICC T20 world cup 2021.